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THE 

MARY FRANCES 
HOUSEKEEPER 




lADVENTURK AMONG 
THE DC LL PEOPLE 

-1 by I-1 

JANE EATRE FRYER 


Coi/er, Lolb 

JUL] 

- Frontispid 

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^Subouattes 

JiAGFEENE 

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THE JOHN C.WINSTON CO. 
PHILADELPHIA 




































CAUTION 


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The entire contents of this book are protected by the 
stringent new copyright law, and all persons are warned 
not to attempt to reproduce the text, in whole or in part, 
or any of the illustrations. 

Copyright, 1914, by 
Jane Eayre Fryer 


BY THE SAME AUTHOR 


THE MARY FRANCES COOK BOOK 

-OR- 

ADVENTURES AMONG THE KITCHEN PEOPLE 

The Mary Frances Cook Book is the exceptionally clever and fascinating story of a 
little girl who wanted to learn to help her mother. Only it is much more than a story. 
It tells in story form how Mary Frances learned to cook. She wants to know what all the 
kitchen pots and pans are for, so she asks them. And they tell her—^the pots and pans 
talk. The book gives recipes in the simplest, plainest words. It describes every operation 
clearly—just what Mary Frances did, and how she learned to avoid mistakes. The book 
stimulates the imagination and creates a desire to follow Mary Frances’ example. 8vo. 
Cloth, 170 pages. Over 200 colored illustrations by Margaret G. Hayes and Jane Allen 
Boyer. PRICE, $1.20 NET. 


THE MARY FRANCES SEWING BOOK 

-OR- 

ADVENTURES AMONG THE THIMBLE PEOPLE 

It tells, in as quaint and delightful a story as ever appealed to a child’s imagination, 
how the fairy Thimble People teach Mary Frances to sew. It teaches the reader how to 
sew—how to miike every variety of garment—how to make the various stitches—how to 
use patterns—how to fold and cut the material—how to piece it together. The book in¬ 
cludes a complete set of patterns for doll-clothes—imdergarments—^street clothes—coats— 
hats—even a wedding dress. Illustrated with 300 colored drawings that for interest and 
instruction are absolutely inimitable. 320 pages. 8vo. Cloth bound, with colored inlay 
on front. Colored illustrations by Jane Allen Boyer on every page. 

PRICE, $1.50 NET. 


NOV -41914 

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Dear Girls: 

As you know, the Mary Frances Cook Book tells 
of Mary Frances^ adventures among the Kitchen 
People; and the Mary Frances Sewing Book, of her 
adventures among the Thimble People. This book, 
the Mary Frances Housekeeper, tells the story of her 
adventures among the Doll People. 

When you have read the three books you will 
know something about cooking, about sewing, and about 
housekeeping; the three arts which have most to do 
with three great needs of life—^food, clothing and shelter. 

At the time this story opens, the Doll People were 
a homeless family living in Sandpile Village—^with 
not even a roof to cover their heads. You may imagine 
how they longed for a house to live in—a house with 
upstairs and downstairs and lots of furniture, like other 
people. How Mother Doll held her family together. 


























VI 


Preface 



set up housekeeping with the help of Mary Frances, 
and overcame hardships that would have discouraged 
anyone less brave, forms a series of entrancing adven¬ 
tures that must thrill the heart of every youthful house¬ 
keeper. 

As you may easily guess, Mary Frances loves to 
^^play house’’ because she expects, like every little 
woman, to grow up some day and have a real house 
of her own to keep. In the hope that they will like 
the Doll People as much as Mary Frances does, this 
book is sent out to girls everywhere with the best 
wishes of 

The Author. 

Merchantville, N. J. 























ONTENTS- 


PART I 

ADVENTURES AMONG THE DOLL PEOPLE 

CHAPTER PAGE 

I. The Doll Family Want a House 19 
II. Mary Frances Builds the House 25 
HI. The Dolls Find the House ... 31 

IV. The Dolls Paint the Walls . . 37 

V. The Dolls Lay the Rugs .... 41 

VI. The Kitchen Table, Chairs and 

Dresser.45 

VII. The Dolls in the Kitchen ... 52 

VIII. The Dolls’ Dining Room Furni- 61 

TURE. 

IX. The Dolls Get a Maid.65 

X. CiNDA Waits on Table.74 

XI. Who Stole the Pie^ ...... 87 

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Contents 


CHAPTER 


PAGE 



XII. The Dolls Clean House .... 97 

XIII. The Dolls^ Bedroom Furniture 102 

XIV. CiNDA Scares Mother Doll . . 110 

XV. Baby Doll’s Crib . 116 

XVI. Baby Doll Sleeps in the Crib . 123 
XVII. The Living Room Furniture . . 133 
XVIII. Willie and Tony Hunt a Burglar 141 

XIX. The Dolls’ Dresses. 152 

XX. Making a Piano. 162 

XXI. A Five o’Clock Tea. 168 

XXII. Father Doll Comes to Life . .176 
XXHI. How Father Doll Got Lost . . 181 

XXIV. The Sleigh. 188 

XXV. Live White Horses. 190 

XXVI. The Automobile. 197 

XXVH. A Spin in the Car. 199 

XXVIH. The Garage. 202 

XXIX. Wishes Come True. 204 
































Contents 


IX 


PART II 


THE KITCHEN GARDEN 
TRAINING THE LITTLE HOUSEKEEPER 

CHAPTER PAGE 

XXX. The Kitchen Garden Equipment 211 
XXXI. The Little Home Maker ..... 216 

XXXII. Advanced Lessons. 219 

XXXIII. Setting the Table.220 

XXXIV. Waiting on Table.225 

XXXV. Washing Dishes. 227 

XXXVI. Care and Making of Beds . . . 230 

XXXVII. Making Invalid's Bed.233 

XXXVIII. Washing Clothes.236 

XXXIX. Sprinkling and Ironing Clothes . 240 
XL. Mending and Putting Away 

Clothes.243 

XLI. General Cleaning.246 

XLII. The Guest Room.248 

XLIII. Polishing Silver—^Invalid's Tray 250 
XLIV. The Days of the Week .... 252 






























PAGE 


PAGE 

I. Now We Will the Table Lay. 223 

II. Pile the Dishes on the Table.228 

III. Open the Windows, Spread Covers Wide 234 

IV. Rub-a-dub-dub, See the Pretty Maids at 

THE Tubs .239 

V. Wrinkles, Wrinkles, Go Away .241 

VI. What if One is Clean and Sweet . . . 244 
VII. Monday's Child Washes the Clothes . 252 



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HE MARY FRANCES 
FDRNITHRE 


The Kitchen Table 
The Kitchen Chairs 
The Kitchen Dresser 
The Dining Table . 
The China Closet . 

The Buffet. 

The Dining Chairs . . 
The Bedsteads . . . . 
The Bureau .... 
The Chiffonier. . . . 

The Washstand. 

The Bedroom Chairs . 
The Bedroom Table . 
The Baby's Crib . . 


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62 

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The Mary Frances Furniture 


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PAGE 

The Bedroom Rocker.121 

Doll^s Shirtwaist Box.121 

The Library Table. 133 

The Library Chairs. 134 

The Bookcase. 134 

The Library Rocker. 134 

The Wing Chair. 137 

The Davenport. 137 

The Piano .. 165 

The Piano Bench. 165 
























NSTRDCTIONS 


PART I 


1. How TO Clean Windows . . . 

2. How TO Lay Rugs. 

3. How TO Put Away Marketing. 

4. How TO Wash Dishes. 

5. How TO Wait on Table .... 

6. How TO Sweep ........ 

7. How TO Dust. 

8. The Care and Making of Beds 

9. Care of Furniture. 

10. Care of Books. 

11. Duties of Guest.. 

12. Duties of Hostess. 

13. Duties of Host. 

14. Menu for Afternoon Tea. . . 



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XIV 


Instructions 


PART II 

BY KITCHEN GARDEN METHODS 


15. Table Setting. 221 

16. Table Serving .. 225 

17. Washing Dishes. . . .‘. 227 

18. Bed Making. 230 

19. Washing Clothes. 236 

20. Ironing Clothes. 240 

21. General Cleaning. 246 

22. The Guest Room. 248 

23. How TO Polish Silver. 250 

24. Invalid^s Tray. 250 

25. Table Decoration. 251 

















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CHAPTER I 


The Doll Family Want A House 


M other doll held her little paper handker¬ 
chief to her eyes, and sobbed again and 
again. 

‘'Don^t cry, Mother,^^ said Hazel. 

^^Oh, donT cry. Mother,’^ begged all the other Doll 
children. 

^^How can I help it—^how can I help crying?^^ 
sobbed Mother Doll, picking up the baby, and rocking 
it in her arms. 

^^How can I help it—^your poor dear father^s been 
lost over a week! Everybody in Sandpile Village has 
looked for him in vain. Oh, dear!^’ 

^^Oh, dear!^^ echoed the children. 

'Hf I thought he was dead,’’ continued Mother Doll, 
shuddering, ^H’d have you all put on black clothes, 
but-” 

“Oh, there’s hope. Mother—^there’s hope that 
father’ll turn up one of these days,” said Tony, the 
biggest boy bravely, patting his mother’s shoulder. 

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20 


The Mary Frances Housekeeper 




^^How cold it is!’^ exclaimed Amy, hanging a wrap 
on her mother. ^^And I declare—it^s snowing!’’ 

Goodness!” thought Mary Frances, who was 
peeping in the playroom door, “I forgot to close the 
window, and the snow is blowing in on the sand pile, 
but I won’t go in just now, for I do want to hear 
more of what the cunning little things are saying!” 

“We wouldn’t be so cold if we only, only, only had 
a home!” sighed Mother Doll. “And now that your 
poor father had to go and get lost, I’m afraid we’ll 
never get one!” 

She wiped away a tear. 

“How he and I always wished we might have a 
house of our own!” she added. 

“A house!” exclaimed May Belle. “Like the 
French dolls have! oh! oh! oh!—^but how silly to wish 
for one. It would be too good to be true!” 

“A house! A house, with tables and chairs, and a— 
a bureau! oh, tra-la-la, la-la, la-la,” she continued, pre¬ 
tending to undo her curl-papers before a looking-glass. 

“Say, May Belle, I should think you’d be cold 
with those short sleeves,” said Willie, who was watching 
her in amusement. 




The Doll Family Want A House 


21 


^^Oh, no, the very thought of a bureau makes me 
warm!^^ 

Might think a bureau was a house,teased Willie. 

Seems as though just a bureau without a house 
would do for you, anyway—^but I understand, for 

Never in my life since I was dead. 

Did I have a roof-tree over my head; 

Over my head, riddle-riddle. I’ll tell you why— 

Roof-trees grow too near the sky!” 

All the Dolls laughed. 

“I declare it’s a shame—a bloomin’ shame!” 

“Tony,” warned Mother Doll, “I must ask you 
not to use slang.” 

“Excuse me. Mother. It’s a sh^me in bloom, 
then.” 

“Oh, you bad boy!” exclaimed Mother Doll. 

“ But it certainly is a shame!” she continued. “ It’s 
an awful thing to have no home. Years and years 
have passed over our heads, and we’ve never had a 
home of our own! Nothing to show for our faithful 
devotion, and love, and fulfilment of dooty.” 




22 


The Mary Frances Housekeeper 


^‘Duty, Mother!^’ corrected Hazel, who knew she 
was the prettiest member of the family and took advan¬ 
tage of it to be rather saucy. 

“Well, 'duty,^ then,’^ repeated Mother Doll. “You 
know that was ^a slip of the tongue,^ Hazel! Anyhow, 
I wish we could build a house 

“Why not?’^ asked Tony Doll, the big boy. 

“Yes, why not?^’ echoed Mother Doll. 

“I prefer Colonial,^’ tittered May Belle. 

“I prefer Queen Anne,’^ announced Amy loftily. 

“I prefer Queen Anne front and Mary Ann back,’^ 
mimicked Tony; “lets ^draw’ for the style. I’ll 
put the names on papers and you choose ^ which 
hand.’ ” 

“I couldn’t draw any kind of a house,” laughed 
May Belle, “let alone draw for the style of one; but 
I know it will be a stylish one if I have any ^say.’ ” 

“Oh,’^ exclaimed Amy, “just because you have a 
middle name, you’re so stuck up!” 

“You have a nice name—^Amelia; Amy’s only for 
short,” said May Belle. 

“Yes, but nobody will call me by my full name. 
I wish I had a special middle one like you.” 




The Doll Family Want A House 


23 


^^V\l give you a middle name/^ laughed Tony. 

Amy Tamy—that^s your name! 

^^You just dare!^’ exclaimed Amy Doll, playfully 
raising her finger. 

Whenever you get mad,^’ declared Tony, 'Hhat^s 
your name—^Amy Tamy.^^ 

Children,’’ sighed Mother Doll, ^^this won’t bring 
us a house! Do stop arguing, and consider Vays and 
means.’ ” 

^^As to ways,” said Tony Doll, “there are several 
ways. As to means”—^he put his hand in his trouser 
pocket—“there ain’t none!” 

“Aren’t any!” corrected Amy. “And no won¬ 
der! You’ve never done a day’s work in your 
life!” 

“Well,” mused Tony Doll, “there’s a way where 
there’s a will.” 

“What?” Willie Doll sat up. 

“I didn’t call you,” laughed Tony. “But I believe 
the kid could help,” he added. “Want to be an 
arch-i-tect. Will?” 

“Yes. What is it?” asked Willie Doll. 

“It crawls on all fours,” laughed Tony. 






24 


The Mary Frances Housekeeper 



^^Don^t tease!^^ said Mother Doll. ^^Tell us what 
you think, son!^^ 

might make it of stiff paper,said Tony Doll; 

^^but how I wish our little Miss—^would- ” 

^^Good!^’ thought Mary Frances, who was still 
listening. ^^What a lovely idea! I’ll try to make a 
house for them. They never could do it themselves.” 






CHAPTER II 


Mary Frances Builds the House 


^OTHER!’^ exclaimed Mary Frances. 

“What do you think! What do you 
^ think! The Dolls want a house! The 
whole Doll family were talking about it when I looked 
in the playroom, and the funny little things think 
they could build one out of stiff paper. 

“Why, dear,’’ smiled Mother, “that reminds me— 
I used to know how to make a dolls’ house out of 
white cardboard. I’ll show you how I made one for 
my paper dolls when I was a little girl.” 

“Oh, Mother, did your dolls need just the same 
kind of things that mine do? Isn’t that nice! I 
wonder if, somehow, your dollies weren’t the ancestors 
of my dolls.” 

“Maybe they were, dear—I think it’s very likely. 
Anyway, if your dolls like their house as much as mine 
did, they will be very happy.” 

“I know they will. Mother,” exclaimed the de¬ 
lighted little girl. “Let’s begin to make it right away.” 

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They worked steadily for quite a long time, Mary 
Frances cutting out, and her mother sketching the 
plans. 

“I think wedl have to ask Father to help us 
finish, Mary Frances—I seem to have forgotten a 
good deal.^' 

^^Why Mother, I think what we have done looks 
very fine/^ Mary Frances stepped back to view the 
work. 

“You have no idea, then, dear, how very beauti¬ 
ful the house can be made to look with Father’s help— 
he’s quite a builder, you know.” 

“It would be splendid. Mother, I do know that— 
and Billy could paint it, couldn’t he! Oh, I have a 
a plan—let’s ask Father to build it, and we’ll surprise 
Billy when it’s finished by asking him to paint it.” 

“All right, little girl. Here comes Father now. 
Run and see if you can’t get him to build this wonder¬ 
ful castle in Spain.” 

“Oh, I know he’ll do it,” cried Mary Frances kiss¬ 
ing her Mother and skipping away. 


“Why, yes, little girl, it is ^some house’ as Billy 




Mary Frances Builds the House 


29 


would say/^ admitted her Father, after he had finished 
the last detail, all except the painting; ^'but if it hadn’t 
been for Mother’s plans at first, I doubt if it ever 
would have looked this way.” 

^^Oh, let me see the plans again. Father—just as 
Mother drew them, please?” 

“My, Mother, isn’t it a dear?” exclaimed Mary 
Frances, after her father had gone. ^^Wasn’t Father 
lovely to make it! “Won’t the dolls be pleased? I’ll 
slip it in the playroom, in the dark, to-night.” 

“Hello! What’s this?” exclaimed Billy, coming in. 
“A dolls’ house! My, but that’s a Jim Dandy. 
Mother, did you make it? It’s certainly great,” he 
added, after examining it very critically. 

“But I say, doesn’t it need paint?” 

^'It certainly does, Billy, and I just wonder— 
oh, Billy, will you paint it and make some of 
those tall trees you learned to make at school last 
winter? ’ 

“What’ll you pay, ma’am?” 

“The usual payment, Billy—gingerbread cookies.” 

“Well, it’s worth about three dozen, I estimate. I 
wish they were ready now, the way I feel.” 




26 


The Mary Frances Housekeeper 




They worked steadily for quite a long time, Mary 
Frances cutting out, and her mother sketching the 
plans. 

think we’ll have to ask Father to help us 
finish, Mary Frances—I seem to have forgotten a 
good deal.” 

^^Why Mother, I think what we have done looks 
very fine.” Mary Frances stepped back to view the 
work. 

^^You have no idea, then, dear, how very beauti¬ 
ful the house can be made to look with Father’s help— 
he’s quite a builder, you know.” 

^Tt would be splendid. Mother, I do know that— 
and Billy could paint it, couldn’t he! Oh, I have a 
a plan—let’s ask Father to build it, and we’ll surprise 
Billy when it’s finished by asking him to paint it.” 

^^All right, little girl. Here comes Father now. 
Run and see if you can’t get him to build this wonder¬ 
ful castle in Spain.” 

^^Oh, I know he’ll do it,” cried Mary Frances kiss¬ 
ing her Mother and skipping away. 


^^Why, yes, little girl, it is ^some house’ as Billy 




Mary Frances Builds the House 


29 


would say/' admitted her Father, after he had finished 
the last detail, all except the painting; ''but if it hadn't 
been for Mother's plans at first, I doubt if it ever 
would have looked this way." 

"Oh, let me see the plans again, Father—just as 
Mother drew them, please?" 

"My, Mother, isn't it a dear?" exclaimed Mary 
Frances, after her father had gone. "Wasn't Father 
lovely to make it! "Won't the dolls be pleased? I’ll 
slip it in the playroom, in the dark, to-night." 

"Hello! What's this?" exclaimed Billy, coming in. 
"A dolls' house! My, but that’s a Jim Dandy. 
Mother, did you make it? It's certainly great," he 
added, after examining it very critically. 

"But I say, doesn't it need paint?" 

"It certainly does, Billy, and I just wonder— 
oh, Billy, will you paint it and make some of 
those tall trees you learned to make at school last 
winter? ' 

"What’ll you pay, ma'am?" 

"The usual payment, Billy—gingerbread cookies." 

"Well, it's worth about three dozen, I estimate. I 
wish they were ready now, the way I feel." 






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fly to make them, Mr. Workman,^’ laughed the 
little girl. 

“That^s good. IT get right to work, then, and 
finish it to-night.^' 










CHAPTER III 


The Dolls Find the House 


yf" ARY FRANCES hurried to the playroom 
\ /1 door the next morning before the family 
^ ^ were up. 

Treading very softly, she peeped in through the 
partially open door to see what would happen. 

Tony Doll was walking around the dolls^ house, 
which was just where Mary Frances had put it—on a 
hill on the sand pile. 

He drew in his breath, and gave a long whistle. 

^^Just like the wind,^’ thought Mary Frances. 

Then he tiptoed across the room to where Mother 
Doll lay. 

'^Are you awake, Mother,^^ he whispered, giving 
her a gentle little push. Mother, are you awake?’’ 

^'Oh, dear!” exclaimed Mother Doll. ^Ht must be 
late. Have I overslept?” 

“No, indeed,” replied Tony. “It’s early yet— 
quite early; but. Mother, listen! It’s here-” 

“Why, what’s the matter with the boy? Who’s 
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here? Has your father come back?^’ cried Mother 
Doll. 

^^And the dandiest one you ever dreamed of.^’ 
What are you talking about?’’ asked Mother Doll; 
rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. 

^^The work of our little Miss, I bet.” 

Don’t bet,” said Mother Doll, sitting up; ^^and 
for pity’s sake, tell me what you’re talking about. 
How you scared me! Come, children,” she called; 
^^Tony must be out of his head! Oh, how beautiful!” 
she cried, spying the house. ^^What a miracle!” 

All the children saw the house at once, and ran 
pell-mell—all except the baby, who couldn’t run. 

^^Oh, goody, goody, goody!” sang May Belle, ^^Oh, 
tra-la-la-la-la-la! a house! a house! Oh, and such a 
beautiful one!” 

They stood outside, gazing up in admiration and 
wonder, almost afraid to venture in. 

Who’ll go in first?” at last one asked. 

Mother!” cried all the children at once—^and 
Mother Doll stepped in front of the door. 

Waiting a minute on the threshold, she said, ''No, 
children, let us all go in together.” 





















The Dolls Find the House 


33 


^‘But the door isn’t wide enough!” exclaimed Hazel. 

^^Hump/’ cried Willie, ^‘you’re a great paper doll 
not to know how to manage that. Everybody turn 
sideways. Now, when I say one, two, three. Mother 
throws open the door, and the whole family side-steps 
into the house at once.” 

^Ht’s really my place to give the command,” began 
Tony. 

thought of it first!” exclaimed Willie. ^^Say, 
you head the line—that’s a great honor.” 

^^Well, all right,” agreed Tony generously. ^^All 
ready!” and the dolls formed in line. 

^‘Attention!” commanded Willie, ^^One, two, 
three!” 

Mother Doll threw open the door, and in stepped 
all the dolls together. 

The grandeur of the house seemed to take their 
breath away for a moment; then everybody began to 
talk at once. 

^^What a house!” exclaimed Tony. 

^^How artistic!” exclaimed Hazel. 

^^Oh, look at this grand living room!” cried Amy, 
pointing to the large room at the right. 




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this must be the dining room/^ said Mother 
Doll, opening the door on the left. 

^^And there’s the kitchen!” said Willie. 

Let’s go upstairs, children,” said Mother Doll, 
and up the steps they all rushed. 

Bedrooms!” cried May Belle. ^^Oh, I wonder 
which is ours, Amy.” 

^^Let Mother decide,” said Amy. Which will be 
your room. Mother?” 

‘‘1 think I’ll have to think about it,” replied their 
mother. ^^My head is almost going round with 
happiness.” 

Aren’t the windows lovely?” said Hazel. ^^What 
a charming view!” 

Mary Frances nearly laughed aloud. The window 
from which Hazel was gazing looked out upon a large 
box of toys, so there was no real “view” at all. 
“They are so happy, everything looks beautiful,” she 
thought. 

“Let’s move right in. Mother,” suggested Tony. 

“Why, yes,” said Mother Doll, “but for that 
matter, I guess we have moved in. Now, if it only 
were furnished. Dear grandfathers! It isn’t in our 




















The Dolls Find the House 


35 


nature to be satisfied. WouldnT a rug look lovely on 
the living room floor. 

^^Yes, Mother/^ exclaimed Amy, ^^and linoleum on 
the kitchen. 

^^And carpet on the bedrooms in winter and 
matting in summer,^’ finished May Belle. 

^^And—and—and—and,’’ said Tony, ^‘instead of 
talking about how grateful we are-” 

^H’m just as grateful,” interrupted Mother Doll, 
“as if I didn’t express my wish for more, but-” 

“Never mind. Mother, that’s the w^ay of a woman,” 
laughed Tony, pretending to be very grown-up. 

“Your keen remarks,” sobbed his mother, who 
was so upset by this time she didn’t know whether 
to laugh or cry, “remind me of your dear lost father.” 

“Don’t you cry. Mother,” begged May Belle. 
“There’s the baby crying.” 

“Oh my, oh my! I forgot the baby!” 

With that. Mother Doll hurried after the baby 
and the family followed. 

“Poor little dear! Poor little dear!” said Mother 
Doll, hugging the little thing close up in her arms. 






















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The Mary Frances Housekeeper 



^^They never doubted one instant it was their 
house, Mother/^ said Mary Frances, at breakfast. 
^^And now they want carpets and rugs.^^ 

have some pretty colored paper,answered 
her mother. ^^You may cut out rugs this morning. 

“Oh, lovely!’^ said Mary Frances. “And that blue 
and white checkered paper—can that be the kitchen 
linoleum?’’ 

“Yes; and to-morrow we’ll make some furniture. 
We’ll ask Father to bring some heavy paper from 
the store.” 

“Joy!” cried Mary Frances, dancing up to her 
mother and kissing her. 




















CHAPTER IV 


The DolLs Paint the Walls 


Y SAY/’ exclaimed Amy, stamping her foot, 

I say. Pm for papering!” 

“Amy Tamy,” said Tony, “you don’t know 
a good thing. Paint is twice as sanitary for the walls 
as paper—and it’ll wash, too!” 

“Don’t call names,” said May Belle. “Let’s ask 
Mother.” 

They ran to Mother Doll who was out in the gar¬ 
den walking round and round the house in admira¬ 
tion. 

“Mother, say ^paper,’ ” exclaimed Amy. 

“Don’t, Mother, don’t,” begged Tony. “Please 
say ^paint.’ ” 

“And why snould I say either?” asked Mother 
Doll with a puzzled expression on her face. 

“It’s about the walls. Mother,” explained May 
Belle. “Shall they be papered or painted?” 

“Paint, by all means; it’s more sanitary,” said 
Mother Doll. “Germs can’t lodge in it; dust can be 

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wiped off easily—and it can be washed. I read an 
article on it in the paper. 

There exclaimed Tony. 

wanted roses on the bedroom!’’ cried Amy. 

love roses on a bedroom wall.” 

You can have them/’ said Mother Doll. Astencil 
makes a delightful decoration, with a border around the 

top of the side walls, or stripes up and down-” 

Hurrah,” cried Tony, throwing up his hat and 
catching it. ^^Say, Mother, I saw a lot of paints 
out at the end of the village.” 

Mary Frances remembered she had left her paint 
box near the sand pile. 

^^Get some, by all means,” said Mother Doll. 

^^For the kitchen we want gray or deep tan, because 
neither is easily soiled. For the dining room, we want 
tan and brown. Perhaps we’d use green if the sun 
shone into it more brightly. It is a good general 
rule to follow—^to use darker shades for sunny rooms, 
or rooms with a ^southern exposure,’ and lighter, 
warmer colors for rooms where the sun enters more 
seldom—^rooms with a ^northern exposure.’ Now, 
for the living room-” 






















The Dolls Paint the Walls 


39 


^^What a memory you have, Mother!'^ exclaimed 
Tony, admiringly. 

'‘For the living room, I'd like red," said 
Amy. 

"Red isn't a good color to live with," answered 
Mother Doll. "It is too exciting—^it makes people 
nervous. It would never do for you. For the living 
room use green—^it's so restful. But not too deep 
a shade, for dark shades absorb the light. For one 
bed room-" 

"Pink?" asked Amy. 

"Yes," said Mother Doll. 

"For the other-" 

"Blue?" asked May Belle. 

"Yes," said Mother Doll, "with white or cream 
for all ceilings, of course, to reflect a good light. 
Sometimes three-quarters of the artificial light used 
would be sufficient for a room if light colors were 
used on ceiling and walls." 

"With stenciled borders of pink roses and forget- 
me-nots, and a nursery corner screen done in stenciled 
little Mother Goose figures, our bedrooms will be 
beautiful!" 




















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The Mary Frances Housekeeper 




^Moy! And for the cellar—^whitewash said Willie 
Doll, who had just come. 

^^Go dong with you! There isnT any cellar/^ 
said Mother Doll; and the boys went away to bring 
home the paint. 

When they brought it in, Mother Doll and the 
girls were ready for work. 

Don’t splash the floors,” warned Mother Doll. 
^H’m glad I asked Mrs. Neighbor to keep the baby. 
Boys! Boys! Not too deep shades in those roses! 
Oh, look at Willie and Hazel! Covered with paint! 
Forevermore! I’d rather do the work myself than 
show children how. Come here, both of you.” 

That night all the dolls slept on the bare bed¬ 
room floors. 

The dolls’ house looked very beautiful the next 
evening when Mary Frances slipped the rugs inside 
the door. 





















CHAPTER V 


The Dolls Lay the Rugs 


Mother, youVe got your wish!’' cried 
I 1 May Belle, who was first downstairs the 
next morning. ^^You have your wish— 
come see the rugs!” 

Everybody ran down as soon as possible and 
began to examine them. 

^^Oh, aren’t they beautiful!” cried Hazel, jump¬ 
ing up and down. ^‘They are too pretty to step 
on.” 

^^But not too pretty to sleep on to-night,” exclaimed 
Willie. ^^Gee, won’t they feel nice and soft!’^ 

^^Well, let’s get to work to lay them,” said Tony. 
^^Here, Will, lend a hand, will you? Where first. 
Mother?” 

“The living room, I think,” said the mother. 
“I’m glad the floors were all cleaned and wiped up 
yesterday.” 

“Right-0! Everybody clear the way!” cried the 
boys, spreading down the rug. 

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The Mary Frances Housekeeper 



tell you, children,said Mother Doll, ^^if you 
will sweep out the wrinkles with a broom, the rugs 
will lie on the floor better. Sweep in one and 
the same direction—that is the right way to lay 
rugs. Here. Amy. take the baby and Ifll show 
you.'' 

She swept the colored paper out on the living 
room floor. 

‘‘Oh, that's flne!" exclaimed May Belle. “How 
much you do know. Mother, to be sure!" 

“It does look nice," admitted Mother Doll; “and 
we'll have something to sleep on to-night—but I sup¬ 
pose it might have been better for you children to 
have washed the windows before laying the rugs in 
place. 

“Here, you boys, roll that rug again, and every¬ 
body come learn— 



How TO Clean Windows 

1. Wring a soft piece of chamois out of clear water, in which 
there are several drops of ammonia. 

2. Rub the windov/ pane well. 

3. Rinse chamois well. Wring very dry. Wipe windows 
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The Dolls Lay the Rugs 


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There, take that pail on the floor, and climb 
up outside, Tony,^’ she added; “and you girls do the 
inside of the windows/’ 

“How^ I do wish we had a kitchen table where 
you could place the kettle of water. But Til tell 
you what to do—take turns holding the kettle for 
each other.” 

Mary Frances held her breath. 

“How they love the house!” she thought, and she 
almost laughed aloud as the boys and girls began 
to work. 

“Your side isn’t clean, girls!” shouted Willie, 
who was standing on Tony’s shoulders polishing off 
the outside of the top windows. 

“Oh, it’s your side!” exclaimed Hazel, giving an 
extra rub to her window. 

“Say, Amy,” called Willie, “want an electric 
shock? It’s good for you, you know.” 

“Yes,” said Amy, “but what do you know about 
such things?” 

“I can give you a shock, all right, all right,” said 
Willie. 

“Oh, I want one, too!” cried May Belle. 










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'^Come over here to my window, then/^ said Willie. 

^^Now, put your fingers flat on the glass. 

'^Now, donT you feel it?^’ 

^^Feel what?^^ asked the girls. 

^^Feel a paner’ exclaimed Willie, and he and 
Tony began to roar with laughter—that is, they made 
the squeakiest of little noises, but Mary Frances 
knew that was a paper-dolFs way of laughing up¬ 
roariously. 

^^My, I^m tired,’’ said Mother Doll. ^^I’ll go 
sit on the front steps, the way they do in Philadel¬ 
phia. You children can lay the rest of the rugs. 
I’ve told Tony where they should go. I wish I had 
a chair—^but I scarcely dare wish for anything now-a- 
days, for fear I’ll get my wish.” 

^^Good-morning, Madam,” she said bowing to 
Marie Marie, one of Mary Frances’ big dolls who 
was passing. ^Wes, the house is very pleasant in¬ 
deed—^not as nice as Mr. Paper Doll would have 
built, but quite adequate to our needs.” 

Mary Frances laughed to herself. 

^^The little pretender!” she thought. 














CHAPTER VI 


The Kitchen Table, Chairs, and Dresser 


now, Mother,said Mary Frances, 
^They—^the dolls, I mean—^want chairs and 
a kitchen table/’ 

^‘Oh, they do, do they?” laughed Mother. ^^WeU, 
they have a sensible idea, I think. I always con¬ 
sidered the kitchen the most important room in the 
house. All right, I’ll draw the patterns for you, but 
I’ll not promise to cut out the furniture.” 

“Oh, I’ll get Billy to help do that!” exclaimed 
Mary Frances. “He’ll love to do it. Besides, he’s 
wonderfully proud of his new penknife. He’s a dandy 
brother, Mother.” 

“That he is,” laughed her mother, “and I think 
you’re both—^well, I won’t tell, but you can imagine.” 

“I know,” laughed Mary Frances; “but. Mother, 
I’ve gotten everything ready for making the furni¬ 
ture, I think. Here is a ruler, and a pencil, and 
here is the stiff paper Father brought last night. But 
I have no paste. I forgot that.” 

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The Mary Frances Housekeeper 



^'Well, we41 have no need of paste, my dear, with 
this kind of furniture. It holds together with a little 
patent lock.^^ 

^^Oh, isn’t that splendid. Paste always is a trouble 
to use. It sticks to my fingers more than what I want 
to fasten, it seems to me.” 

^^Good! I’m glad the idea pleases you, dear; we 
can use these locks in place of mucilage all the time,” 
said mother. ^^Now, we are ready to make some 
furniture.” 

^^Oh, Billy!” cried Mary Frances, jumping up as 
her brother came in the door. ^‘You’re just in time. 
Will you help me furnish the dolls’ house—^I mean. 
Mother is going to draw the patterns for the dolls’ 
paper furniture, and—^will you help cut it out and 
color it?” 

^^Yep,” said BiUy. ^^Say, what swell dolls you 
have—are they going to have a furnished house? 
That’s a fine house. But it seems to me a grand 
house like that calls for a paid workman. I guess 
I’ll have to be paid if I’m going into the business of 
making furniture.” 

^^Well, sir, what is your price?” inquired Mary 












The Kitchen Table, Chairs, and Dresser 47 


Frances in a very dignified manner. didnT think 
to ask, but it’s a very important matter.” 

couldn’t very well say now. You see. Miss, 
it’s a special job, and it’s a difficult thing to set a 
price on.” 

“You’ll not get the work,” replied Mary Frances, 
“without naming a price. Father never gives out 
work without an ^understanding,’ ” she added. 

“Well, then,” said Billy, screwing up his eyes 
shrewdly, “the price will be that bottle of India draw¬ 
ing ink Aunt Maria gave you the other day.” 

“Agreed,” said Alary Frances, running to get 
it. 

“That’s not right,” said Billy. “Two poor pay¬ 
masters, you know-” 

“One pays before the work is done, and the other 
never pays.” 

“I thought maybe you wanted to use the ink on 
the furniture,” said Mary Frances, laughing. 

“You thought right,” said Billy; “and I guess 
you can trust me.” 

Their mother laughed. 

“Come, my good business people,” she said. 















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The Mary Frances Housekeeper 



Since the contract is made, let us proceed to real 
work/^ 

^Ht’s Mother that should be paid/^ exclaimed 
Mary Frances, ^^and Idl pay her beforehand,^^ and 
she gave her a dozen kisses. 

^^My, Mother works pretty cheap, I must say,^’ 
remarked Billy. 

^^Come, Billikins,^’ again laughed mother. ^^Here, 
with your sharp knife and shears ready for cutting. 

The Mary Frances Furniture 

In making this furniture no paste is required. Each article 
is cut in one piece, and is locked in shape by means of slits and 
straps. Work carefully and slowly. Cut very accurately. 
Use a ruler in scoring all dotted lines. If properly constructed, 
this furniture will fit together perfectly and last a long time. 

The Kitchen Table 
See Insert I 



Cut out along outlines. Cut notches in straps. 

Hold ruler against dotted lines and score with a pin.. 

Fold down on scored lines. Lock straps together by slipping 
notches into each other, under table flaps, so that ends do not 
show. This is done by pointing strap ends inward before locking 
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Directions: Take a piece of heavy white or colored paper, and place over it a piece of car¬ 
bon paper. Lay both underneath this picture. Over the picture place a thin transparent paper, 
and trace outlines with pencil. The thin paper is to prevent pencil from injuring the picture. 
Before cutting out, color by hand. 


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The Kitchen Chairs 
See Insert I 

Cut out along outlines. Cut down line between chair back 
and straps. Cut notches. Hold ruler against dotted lines and 
score with a pin. Fold on scored lines. Lock straps together by 
means of notches, pointing strap ends underneath. See illustration. 

The Kitchen Dresser 
See Insert II 

Cut along outlines. Cut slits for insertion of straps. Hold 
ruler against dotted lines and score with a pin. Fold down on all 
scored lines except the one below china cupboard drawers. Fold 
this line upward. See that corners of top and shelf are cut free so 
that sides will fold underneath properly. Slip straps into slits, 
matching letter to letter. See illustration of finished article. 

^^How dear!’’ exclaimed Mary Frances admiringly. 
“The dolls will never know how to thank you 
enough-” 

“Gee, Mother,” said Billy, not realizing he inter¬ 
rupted, “they’re great!” 

“Slang,” said Mary Frances, shaking her finger. 

“Well, aren’t they?” asked Billy. “I should 
think you’d think they were.” 

“I do,” laughed Mary Frances. 


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CHAPTER VII 


The Dolls in the Kitchen 





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F all the grand surprises, children! I could 
scarcely believe my eyes/^ 

Mother Doll was in the kitchen talking 
with the two big girls, Amy and May Belle. 

came down stairs very early,^^ she went on, 
^Thinking I would get a bite of breakfast for us all, 
and that we’d eat ^picnic fashion’ again, and you can 
just imagine how I felt when I saw this table, and 
these chairs, and that dresser.” 

^^Yes, Mother, if it isn’t the loveliest thing I ever 
heard of—this new house, the rugs, this kitchen 
furniture,” agreed May Belle. 

^Hf only your dear father were here, I think we’d 
be the happiest family alive. But there! work is the 
best cure for sadness,” and Mother Doll began to 
bustle about. 

“You, Amy,” she said, “put the marketing away 
as soon as Hazel comes in. It never pays to leave 
food around, especially meat. If wrapped in paper, 

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The Dolls in the Kitchen 


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some of its most nu-tri-tious juices are sure to be 
absorbed and lost.’^ 

^Tt will be fun to put such a lovely kitchen in 
order. What a table! What a dresser! You girls 
will certainly have to keep things tidied up and clean. 

Mother Doll wiped some imaginary dust, off the 
dresser top. 

^^Such joy overcomes me/^ she said, as she sank 
into one of the kitchen chairs. 

^^IsnT it too lovely!’’ said Amy. ^^Only I wish we 
had a dining table.” 

^^Amy Doll!” rebuked her mother, ^^you just make 
me ashamed! The next thing you’ll be wishing for a 
piano! The French dolls have one,” she sighed. 
“Not that I envy them, of course.” 

“Ahem!” said Amy. “Here comes Hazel now. 
What a basketful! No wonder the child was gone a 
long time.” 

“Hurry up there,” she called, going to the door. 
“We’re ’most starved. Do you know how long you’ve 
been?” 

“No,” cried Hazel, breathlessly, “but, girls, every¬ 
body is talking about our house.” 
















56 


The Mary Frances Housekeeper 



^^Did you stop at the Post Office, Hazel?^^ asked 
Mother Doll. ^HVe been expecting a letter from 
Cousin Winnie.’^ 

^^Yes, Mother, but there was no mail, and Mr. 
Alfonso said to the grocerman that the house had the 
best situation in Sandpile Village. ^The drainage,^ 
he said, 4s excellent. And it has a delightful expo¬ 
sure, each room getting some sunshine during the day. 
It faces south, doesnT it. Miss Hazel?^ he asked me.” 

^^Dear me, Mr. Alfonso,” I said, donT know. I 
can’t tell one direction from another.” 

Hazel!” cried Mother Doll, who was really de¬ 
lighted to hear, ^^be careful how you talk to strangers.” 

^^But, Mother, he’s such a ^grandee,’ ” said 
Hazel. 

Ridiculous!” exclaimed Mother Doll. ^^Now, 
you bring those things right in here, and you girls put 
them away. I’U make the labels for the jars of coffee 
and tea and spices. Amy may put the things in the 
dresser and Hazel and May Belle put away the sugar 
and flour in those nice bins in the kitchen dresser.” 

^^Yes, Mother,” said the girls, starting to work. 

Where will we keep the pots and pans?” 














The Dolls in the Kitchen 


57 


^‘In the lower part of the dresser, of course,^’ 
answered their mother. 

^^Oh, I thought Willie said they were to be kept 
in the attic. 

^‘What does he know about such things; he never 
lived in a house before.^’ 

^^Heigho, there come our Tony and Will with the 
pots and pans,’^ exclaimed May Belle and Amy at 
once. 

‘^And hungry enough to eat the house, you may 
know,^’ said Hazel. 

^‘Forevermore!^’ exclaimed Mother Doll, “there’s 
nothing ready to eat! I’ll set them to work.” 

“Here, you boys,” she called, “you put the heavy 
pots and pans in the lower part of the dresser, and the 
enamel and aluminum w^are on the upper shelves.” 

“Tony!” screamed Amy, “you nearly made me 
fall! Get off the ladder.” 

“I have my arms around you,” teased Tony, 
shaking the ladder quite hard. 

“It’s a cold breakfast for you to-day,” exclaimed 
Amy. 

“It’ll be a cold breakfast for everybody, I’m think- 

















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The Mary Frances Housekeeper 


ing” said Mother Doll. ^^They haven’t come to put 
in the gas stove.” 

^^Who are Hhey’?” Mary Frances wondered. 



That night she and Billy bent some wire to look 
like a gas stove, and fastened a lid to the top of a little 
box for a sink. 

As soon as they were finished, Mary Frances 
slipped them into the kitchen, placing them side by 
side, and near a window. 

^^So the dolls will have as few steps as possible, and 
can see well to cook and wash dishes,” she said. 















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and trace outlines with pencil. The thin paper is to prevent pencil from injuring the picture. 
Before cutting out, color by hand. 


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CHAPTER VIII 


The Dolls’ Dining Room Furniture 


Y HAVE some drawings all ready, Mary Frances,” 
I said her mother a day or two later. ^‘1 felt 
certain the dolls would need to use their dining 
room next. The poor things can’t enjoy eating in the 
kitchen all the time. When Billy comes in, you can 
make the dining room chairs.” 

Won’t that please the Doll family!” exclaimed 
Mary Frances. ^^My, they will be proud—they have 
had to use the kitchen table all this time.” 

^AVell, I’m glad they are to have a pleasant sur¬ 
prise,” said her mother. ^^Here are the patterns 
for— 

The Dining Table 


See Insert III 



Cut out. Cut notches. 

Score with a pin on dotted lines. 

Lock straps together by means of notches, pointing ends of 
straps underneath. 

Apply round top. 

See illustration of finished article. 


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bon paper. Lay both underneath this picture. Over the picture place a thin transparent paper, 
and trace outlines with pencil. The &in paper is to prevent pencil from injuring the picture. 
Before cutting out, color by hand. 


Patent applied for. 





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(See page 62) 


Detach this page and read 
directions carefully be¬ 
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The Dolls Get a Maid 


I AOREVERMORE!'^ exclaimed Mother Doll two 

IH mornings later. ^^Forevermore! Come look, 

^ girls, at this dining room furniture! Isn't it 
grand! If only your dear father were here. I wonder 
where he is!" 

^^Gee-whit-a-kers!" exclaimed Willie Doll. ^^We 
are the swell kids. Wouldn't Pop enjoy this?" 

“William," said Mother Doll, “that's enough of 
such talk. Let's examine the furniture." 

“Where did it all come from?" asked Tony. 

“Isn't the table fine?" said Hazel. 

“Much finer if it had a dinner on it," exclaimed 
Tony, who was nearly always hungry. 

“Whew, Tony," said Amy, “you'd like a neck as 
long as a giraffe's." 

“What for?" asked Tony. 

“To enjoy your food longer," laughed Willie 
Doll. 

“What's this article?" said Tony walking up to the 

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buffet and pretending to examine it through imaginary 
eye-glasses. 

‘‘IVs the goose-catcher/^ exclaimed Amy. Better 
run away, Tony.’^ 

Every doll laughed. 

^^What a lovely china closet!’’ said May Belle. 

Show-case,” muttered Tony Doll. 

Mother,” asked Hazel, ^^may I arrange the dishes 
in it?” 

^^Not until you girls have done something more 
important—and you might as well begin right away. 
Come out in the kitchen all of you and learn— 

How TO Wash Dishes 

1. Scrape and pile dishes. Put cooking pans to soak. 

2. Wash glass and silver in hot soapy water. 

3. Dry glass and silver. 

4. Wash cups and saucers, then plates, then the more greasy 
dishes, and finally, 

5. The cooking pans. Use sandpaper to scour off scorched 
places. 

6. Wipe off the stove with newspaper. 

7. To clean the sink, pour a little kerosene on a cloth. Rub 
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Mercy, Mother,'' exclaimed Hazel, ''the sink isn't 
dishes." 

"It ought to be as clean," said Mother Doll. 
"Now, you go to work. So then! I'd rather do it 
myseK than to bother with you. You may dry the 
dishes, though, and put them away while I wash 
them." 

"Just like Mother," exclaimed Tony; "no wonder 
our girls are spoiled." 

"Women are certainly a puzzle to me," said Willie 
Doll, shaking his head. 

"Forevermore!" exclaimed Mother Doll. 

"I don't see how we can do the work of this house 
ourselves," she continued. "We'U have to have help 
now we're getting so much beautiful furniture. A 
half-grown girl could tend the baby and wait on the 
table." 

"There was a colored girl at the grocery store this 
morning," said Hazel. 

"Ahem!" thought Mary Frances. "It's good that 
I saved that colored paper doll Aunt Maria gave me." 

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Refuge for Orphans? Anyway, she was looking for a 
place/’ 

^^So then!” exclaimed Mother Doll. ^^Why didn’t 
you bring her home? Go right away and find her, 
Hazel. And, Hazel, don’t forget to bring home a 
chicken, and a fish, and a ham, and a pound of butter, 
and half a dozen shoe buttons—and oh. Hazel, bring 
two loaves of bread.” 

Mercy, Mother!” cried Hazel, ^H’m afraid I’ll 
ask for half a pound of colored girls, two loaves of 
chicken, and half a dozen fish-buttons!” 

^‘Oh, go on,” said Amy, giving her a shove. 

“Oh, Mother, look! Here comes our maid,” cried 
Tony, looking out the window. 

“Ibrevermore!” exclaimed Mother Doll. “Now, I 
am in for it! ^Our maid’—another child to bring up! 
What a comical looking creature she is, to be sure!” 

Hazel came in with the colored girl. 

“Here she is. Mother. She wanted to run all the 
way.” 

“How do you do?” asked Mother Doll, “and what 
is your name, child?” 







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73 


don’t do as I please often, ma’am; and my 
name’s Lucinda Marguerite Lily.” 

^Mucinda Marguerite Lily,” said Mother Doll. 
“Do you know how to prepare vegetables?” 

“Yes’am,” replied Lucinda. “Yes’am, I learnt 
that ’fore I went to the Refuge. All you got to do 
when they-all ain’t looking is to grab ’em and when 
you dun got ’em, to speed quick.” 

“I don’t mean steal them. I mean get potatoes 
and tomatoes ready to eat.” 

“Oh, yes’aih, I takes ’em just as I gets ’em. I 
ain’t used to butter, and I likes little salt; but I don’t 
take much time to get ’em ready,” said Lucinda, her 
white teeth showing. 

“Hopelesser and more hopelesser!” exclaimed Tony. 

“Hopelesser and more cheerfuller!” said May Belle. 

“Lucinda Marguerite Lily is a dreadfully long 
name,” said Mother Doll. 

“They called me Cinda for short,” said Lucinda. 

“Cinders,” whispered Tony—but Mother Doll 
looked at him and shook her head. 






CHAPTER X 


CiNDA Waits on Table 



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since dinner is 


^^Yas’em,’’ said Cinda. 

^^To put on my white apron, and learn- 
^^Yas’em,^^ said Cinda. 


How TO Wait on Table 

1. Place plates before a guest from the right side. 

2. Remove used plates from the left—never more than two 
at a time. 

3. Hold at the left side, the dish from which the person at the 
table is to serve himself. 

4. Serve the eldest or most honored lady first; then ladies 
of the family; then the hostess; then the gentlemen. 

5. See that the glasses of water are refilled. 


^^Do you think you can remember all those rules, 
Cinda?’^ 

^^Yas^em,’^ said Lucinda. 

^^All right. You may announce dinner. 

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Whereas the bell?’’ asked Lucinda. 

''Oh, just tell them dinner is served,” said Mother 
Doll. 

Lucinda went to the door. 

"Say,” she called, "you-alls come to dinner—it’s 
ready!” 

"Did you tell the young ladies that dinner is ready, 
Cinda?” asked Mother Doll. 

"Yas’em, I done did it,” said Lucinda. 

"I don’t see why they do not come. How did you 
announce it?” asked Mother Doll. "What did you 
say?” 

"I says, 'You-alls come to dinner, it’s ready.’ ” 

"Oh, no,” said Mother Doll, "you should go to 
Miss Amy or Miss May Belle and say very quietly, 
'Dinner is served. Miss.’ ” 

"Yas’em,” said Lucinda. "I’ll teU ’em.” 

She went out to Amy Doll, and said, "Done did it 
wrong. I ought to say. Oh, Jerusalem! I done for¬ 
got it—anyhow, it means yo’ dinnah is ready to eat. 
Miss Amy.” 

"Dinner is served,” said Amy. "All come.” 

"That was it. That was it,” said Lucinda. "I 







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thought it would come to me. Gracious mercy-on¬ 
us! I sure thought I’d done forgot it.” 



'^Cinda/’ exclaimed Mother Doll, ^^you have both 
your thumbs in that soup!” 

^^Yas’em, it done flowed ober ’em, Miss Doll.” 

^^Oh, forevermore! Go out and get a fresh clean 
plate of soup,” ordered Mother Doll, ^^and use the 
silver waiter with the doily, on the dresser.” 

^^She certainly is a jewel—a treasure. Mother,” 
said Amy. ^^Be careful some one doesn’t come and 
steal her.” 

will have to give her directions and training. 
She will not behave very quietly until she’s well in 
hand.” 

^^Hush!” whispered Amy, as Lucinda again ap¬ 
peared at the door with the soup. 

Excuse me. Miss Doll,” she said, ^‘but there’s a 
man at the do’-” 

^^A man at the door! Oh, children!” Mother Doll 
turned white. Perhaps it’s your father!” 

^^And he said,” went on Lucinda, ^Midn’t you-alls 
want to buy a bouquet of flowers. They are pretty. 





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awful pretty—almost as pretty as artificial wax 
ones/’ 

^‘Tell him, no, thank you,” said Mother Doll; 
^^and Cinda, you may remove the soup dishes and pass 
the plates as Mr. Tony carves the meat.” 

Tony began to carve the painted chicken on the 
wooden plate. 

‘^Oh, my goodness gracious, mercy-on-us,” whis¬ 
pered Lucinda, running out into the kitchen with a 
soup plate in each hand. Wherever do I put these 
at? And there’s Mr. Tony ready! I’ll just pile ’em 
on the floo’.” 

^^What are you doing, Cinda?” called Mother 
Doll. ^^Oh, there’s the door bell! Put those dishes 
on the kitchen table and go to the door. Do you 
hear what I’m saying?” 

^Was’am.” 

Please, Miss Doll,” said Cinda, coming back, 
^^Miss French sent word, would you and Miss Amy 
drive with her this afternoon. If you-all’l go, she’ll 
call at three o’clock in her lizzardzine. 

Everybody burst out laughing. 

Cinders,” said Tony, “say limousine.” 




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^Mimerzine/^ said Cinda. ^Hs that the answer?^^ 

^^Wait/^ said Mother Doll. Excuse me, please; 
I’ll see the messenger myself.” 

‘^Whatever was the matter with them-all,” said 
Lucinda aloud to herself in the kitchen. Whatever 
is the matter that they all done busted out a-laughin’.” 

Mother,” asked May Belle, ^^may I wait on the 
table this time, and let Cinda help me—to teach her 
how?” 

Thank you, my dear,” said Mother Doll, ^4f 
you will.” 

^^Now, Cinda,” said May Belle, ^^in the first place, 
a good maid never says anything more than is abso¬ 
lutely necessary, even when spoken to.” 

^Was’em,” said Lucinda. 

Remember that,” said May Belle. ^^Now, you 
may take in the dessert. Say nothing more than 
absolutely necessary.” 

^Wes’em,” said Lucinda. 

^^Does Miss May Belle need to stay out in the 
kitchen?” asked Mother Doll. 

^^Ab-so-luke-ly neck-is-sary!” replied Lucinda, who 
had been practicing since May Belle told her. 






CiNDA Waits on Table 


83 


Everybody smiled but didnT say anything until 
Lucinda had gone into the kitchen. 

''Well, strike me pink!’' exclaimed Willie, "Where’d 
she learn that? Some of May Belle’s airs, you may 
depend.” 

"Now I’m going into the dining-room,” said May 
Belle, as Lucinda came back into the kitchen. 
"When we want you, we’ll ring. And here’s your 
dessert, Cinda.” 

"Thank you. Miss May Belle,” said Lucinda. 
"I sure am interesting in that.” She went out on 
the steps as soon as May Belle was gone and began 
to eat it before the rest of her dinner. 

"Ring again. Mother dear,” exclaimed Hazel, but 
Lucinda was eating her dessert on the step, and did 
not hear the call-bell. 

"Mother,” said Tony, "Cinders waits well.” 

"Ah,” sighed Mother Doll, "servants are such a 
trial.” 

"Oh, where did she learn to put on such airs?” 
laughed Mary Frances to herself. 

"Well, Mother,” said Tony, "Cinders has one 
accomplishment. She can talk.” 








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^^Say/^ exclaimed Willie, ^^if hot air were music, 
sheM be a whole brass band!’’ 

William,” cried Mother Doll, slang is a disease 
with you. I’ll have to have a doctor look you over.” 
^‘Old Doc Pill Box,” said Tony laughing. 








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Who Stole the Pie? 


^^IMPLE Simon, Simon, Simon,sang Willie 
to himself, looking at the beautiful paper 
mince pie which Mother Doll had just taken 
from the oven and placed on the table to cool, before 
going into the dining room. 

^‘Gee! doesn’t it look good!” and he tiptoed back 
to look at the tempting brown crust from a distance. 
^‘1 could eat the whole thing myself—oh, wouldn’t it 
taste fine!” 

Then he went near the table again and very care¬ 
fully broke off a crumb of the crust 

^^Ah, that’s some pie! Mother certainly can make 
pie!” and he broke a larger piece, with some of the 
filling, and thrust it into his mouth, but he didn’t 
notice a round black face looking at him through the 
door. 

^‘One little bit more, and—oh my! I almost wish 
it wasn’t so good!” 

Just at that moment there came the sound of 

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footsteps, and Willie hurried out of the kitchen door 
into the garden and around the corner of the house. 

^^So then! So then!’’ exclaimed Mother Doll, 
eyeing the broken pie. 

^^So then! that’s some of Cinda’s work, no doubt. 
I declare, it certainly is discouraging. I’ll have to 
punish that girl. Whatever will I do?” 

^Hf she’d only asked me,” Mother Doll went on. 
^Hf she’d only asked me, I’d let her have more than 
she’d dare steal. Why couldn’t she wait until the 
pie was cool?” 

^^Cinda! Cinda!” she called, ^^come here im¬ 
mediately.” 

“Yas’em,” said Cinda coming to the kitchen. 

Cinda,” said Mother Doll, ^^own right up! Own 
right up! Why did you break into that new pie? 
Why couldn’t you wait a while or ask for it?” 

^^Oh, mercy-on-us!” exclaimed Cinda. ^^Oh, Miss 
Doll, I didn’t tech that pie,—^no, ’am, no ’am. Not 
neber did this heah chile tech that pie, so help me! 
Neber in the world mercy-on-us!” 

“You say so much,” said Mother Doll, “you must 
be guilty. You must be, or you wouldn’t be so scared. 












Who Stole the Pie? 


89 


Besides, who else could do it? All the children are 
out of the house except the baby, and a little baby 
that can’t walk couldn’t do such a thing.” 

^^Oh, Miss Doll, oh. Miss Doll,” exclaimed Cinda, 
''it’s the gospel truf, I didn’t tech that pie! Cross 
ma heart thirteen times sideways, and may I be turned 
into a lobster with a wolf’s head and a snake’s tail 
if that ain’t the truf!” 

"The more you deny it, Cinda, the more I’m 
inclined to believe you did it,” continued Mother 
Doll angrily, "and I am going to whip the one that 
broke into that pie—so then!” 

"Oh, Miss Doll, kind Miss Doll, yo’ don’t need 
to whip me. I didn’t touch yo’ old pie, I tell yo’. 
I-” 

"That will do, Cinda,” exclaimed Mother Doll. 
"First, you did wrong by breaking into the pie; then 
you told a story; now you are rude and impudent 
to your best friend. For shame!” 

Then Cinda began to cry, "Oh, Miss Doll, please 
don’t whip me, please don’t whip me!” 

"That’s exactly what I’m going to do,” exclaimed 
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^HVe had to whip several of my own children 
at least once in my life—and, so then! Idl not fail 
in my duty towards you, Cinda. The idea of your 
doing what youVe done. You bad girl!’^ 

^^Oh, Miss Doll,’^ said Cinda, can’t you please 
wait till to-morrow?” 

^^Forevermore!” exclaimed Mother Doll, ^Svhat’ll 
you ask next!” 

^Must thought you might fin’ out I done told the 
truf.” 

^Must thinking I’ll forget, I guess, Cinda. You 
certainly do grieve me, Cinda. I think you might 
be good.” 

^H’ll be good. Miss Doll,” sobbed Cinda, ^H’ll be 
good, and if you wants to, you can whip me. Bo-hoo! 
Boo-hoo!” 

^^Forevermore!” exclaimed Mother Doll. ^^Stop 
that crying or I’ll whip you right away—do you 
hear?” 

Boo-hoo! Boo-hoo! Boo-hoo!” sobbed Cinda 
again and again, so loud that Willie Doll heard it 
where he was hiding around the corner of the house. 

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Who Stole the Pie? 


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blamed for the pie/^ he whispered, and sneaked back 
under the open kitchen window. 

You’ll cry for something real,” said Mother 
Doll, taking hold of Cinda’s shoulder and shaking 
her. 

^^Whew!” whispered Willie to himself, guess it’s 
all up with you, William,” and he jumped up and ran 
into the house. 

Don’t, Mother,” he said. ^^Stop shaking Cinda— 
good old girl never to tell on me. I stole the pie!” 

^‘You?” 

“Yes, Mother, I did it. I stole the pie. It was 
I! It was I! I stole the pie!” 

“You?” exclaimed Mother Doll. “You, William? 
Well, so then! Forevermore! If I don’t give you a 
whipping you’ll remember.” And Mother Doll raised 
the cane she had in her hand (it was really a broom 
splint Mary Frances had dropped on the floor) and 
brought it down on his back so hard it broke. 

“Mother,” said Willie sadly, “I’m awfully sorry 
—and I’ll never do such a thing again—but since 
the whip’s broken, I guess I’m not meant to have- 

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while I tell Cinda how sorry 1 am to have been so 
unkind and unjust to her, and while I ask her to— 
forgive me. I^m in the wrong. Will you forgive me, 
Cinda?’^ 

^‘Oh, Miss Doll, when you is so good to me—^you 
donT need ask me to forgive you—I dun forgive 
eberybody eberything always—’cause it makes me 
feel so good.” 

^^And William shall give you his share of pie for 
a whole week,” said Mother Doll. 

‘Wes, and Cinda,” said Willie, “you can have 
that red muffler Cousin Winnie knit for me.” 

“Oh, Mister Willie. Oh, Miss Doll,” exclaimed 
Cinda. “I suhtenly do wish Mister Willie’d steal 
pie every day if—oh, no I don’t neither—^but it almost 
makes me wish he would.” 












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CHAPTER XII 


The Dolls Clean House 


I AHE first thing, in cleaning house/^ said 
I Mother Doll, bustling about the bedroom, 
^^is to clean the floor perfectly, then lay 
the rug. If we don’t get the rugs down in time, you 
children may have to sleep on the floor again. You 
needn’t say a word now. Hazel. You’ve slept in far 
worse places. What’s that? You haven’t? You’ve 
slept hanging head downwards with your toe caught 
in the end of the radiator, and you were bent double, 
too—if that is any better—and, Tony, where’d you 
sleep all last week?” 

“Under the bath-tub,” said Tony. 

'^Goodness!” thought Mary Frances. “Did I 
drop him there?” 

“Come,” exclaimed Mother Doll, “I won’t ask 
any of you others, knowing what plights you’ve 
been in. 

“Now, you, Amy, begin to sweep. No, sweep 
with the way the boards run, to get the dust from 
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The Mary Frances Housekeeper 




between the boards. This applies to carpets, too— 
with the pile. Remember, sweep with the pile, to get 
out all the dust. 

“Tony, bring the rug in from the hall. You 
better wipe up all the dust from the floor with the 
mop, first. 

“Hazel, you ought to have dusted before we began, 
then covered up the dusted articles with a cloth. 
No, child, always begin at the top of the room in 
dusting—then the dust falls.’’ 

“Well, Cinda, what’s the matter?” 

“Please, ma’am, a geniman left a normanac at 
the doo’.” 

“A normanac. What’s that? I give up,” ex¬ 
claimed Mother Doll. 

“It has pixtures of the weather in, and about 
pills and things that’ll cure eberything.” 

“Oh,” exclaimed Tony Doll, “an almanac. Ha, 
ha!” 

“That’s what I done said!” exclaimed Lucinda. 
“A normanac. And the geniman said he was an 
actorbat outside of work, and wouldn’t you please 
give him something to eat. He said if I done get 











The Dolls Clean House 


99 


something for him, he^d give me tickets for preserved 
seats for the next show where he done did swing¬ 
ings.’^ 

Cinders,” said Tony, looking very comical trying 
to pull up his painted sleeves, ^^ask the acrobat if 
his name is Punch. Tell him Mr. Anthony Doll 
wishes to know.” 

^^No’em—^Yes’am, I mean—^yas suh,” said Lucinda. 

In a minute she came bounding up the stairs. 
She was laughing. 

^^Did you ask him, Cinders?” asked Tony, even 
before she knocked. 

^^Yas suh, yas suh,” said Lucinda, the whites of 
her eyes and her teeth showing. ^^Yas suh, and yo’ 
all ought to of seed him speed! He look that 
scairt!” 

^^No wonder,” exclaimed Willie Doll. ^^He knew 
Tony would ^punch the tar’-” 

“That will do,” said Mother Doll severely. 

“What will do?” asked Lucinda, not understand¬ 
ing. 

“Cinda,” said Mother Doll, “do not answer back. 
It is impertinent.” 

















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The Mary Frances Housekeeper 


^ Yours not to make reply, 
Yours not to reason why, 
Yours but to do or die’-” 




quoted Tony, interrupting. 

^^Law! Mercy-on-us!” whispered Lucinda. ^^Who 
said die?”—and she ran downstairs, two steps at a 
time. 

That’s it, Tony!” said Mother Doll. Unroll 
that lovely rug carefully. I almost wish we had 
matting on the floor first. It makes a delightful 
combination for a bedroom floor —a rug over matting.” 

^^What’s the rush. Mother?” asked Tony Doll. 

'^Yes, Mother,” said Amy, ^^one might think you 
were expecting more furniture.” 

^H’m hoping the Fairy Lady who sent our other 
lovely furniture”—(^^Oh,” thought Mary Frances. 
^^Am I a Fairy Lady? How lovely!”) 

^^Admirable!” exclaimed Tony Doll. ^^Your abil¬ 
ity to receive gifts always makes me wonder. Mother. 
Surely your capacity to receive is only equal to 
Cinda’s appetite for watermelon.” 

Saucy boy!” laughed Mother Doll, who always 











The Dolls Clean House 


101 


indulged him, he being, in her heart, the favorite of 
her children. 

^Ht is only a sign of faith to be ready to receive 
gifts,’^ replied Mother Doll. 

Especially beds,laughed the children. 

'^The beds come next,^^ said Mary Frances to 
herself. Goody 



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CHAPTER XIII 


The Dolls' Bedroom Furniture 

yT other dear/' said Mary Frances, ^Hhey 
\/1 haven't a place to sleep in. They need 
^ ^ ^ bedsteads scandalously! They say it's 
comfortable on the rug in the bedroom, but wouldn't 
they love a bedstead?" 

^They,' the dolls, I suppose," laughed her mother. 
“That is just what I thought, dear, so I have the 
drawings made for a ^place for them to sleep in.' " 


“A place where the dolls 
May lie and dream 
Of plaster-of-Paris 
Pink ice cream; 

And plates of cakes 

That they cannot waste. 
And lemonade 

That they cannot taste," 














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The Dolls^ Bedroom Furniture 


105 


^^Oh, Billyexclaimed Mother, ^^donT tease your 
sister, but help her make— 

The Bedsteads 
See Inserts VI and VII 

Cut out. Trim out all white lines between headboard and 
footboard and straps, so that straps will lock. Cut notches. 

Score with a pin along dotted lines. 

Fold sides and headboard and footboard upward along 
scored lines next the mattress. Fold downward on other scored 
lines. 

Lock strap notches together, pointing ends under. 

See illustration of finished article. 

^^That^s a mighty comfortable looking bed,^^ said 
BiUy, finishing one; ^^it makes me feel sleepy. 

^^You better not feel sleepy yet,^’ said Mary 
Frances; ^^it will take some time to make beds enough 
for the entire family—and the mattresses. 

^^And then, perhaps some of the family will have to 
sleep on the settle in the living room,’^ laughed 
mother. 

And all this reminds me. Mother dear,^’ said Mary 
Frances, ^Hhat theydl need bureaus, and chiffoniers, 
and- 




















106 


The Mary Frances Housekeeper 


^^And wash-stands and a screen for the nursery 
corner/^ finished Mother; ^^and, ^Here they are!’ ” 

The Bureau 
See Insert VIII 

Cut out. Cut slits for straps. Score with a pin along dotted 
lines. Fold on scored lines. Slip straps into slits, matching 
letter to letter. See illustration of finished article. 


The Chiffonier 



See Insert IX 

Follow directions for bureau. 

The Washstand 
See Insert X 

Follow directions for bureau. 

The Bedroom Chairs 
See Insert VI 

Follow directions for dining chairs, page 62 . 

The Bedroom Table 
See Insert VIII 


Cut out. Cut notches in straps. Cut slit in lower part of 
front of table for insertion of end of under shelf. Score with a 
pin along dotted lines. Lock strap notches together. Slip tab 


















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The Dolls^ Bedroom Furniture 


109 


Nursery Screen 

Directions: 

Cut stiff paper 3 inches x 3 inches. 

Fold in three equal parts, turning one fold backward. Deco¬ 
rate top with Mother Goose figures. 


The children worked very quickly, but it was bed¬ 
time when they had finished making the various 
pieces of furniture. 

“It was so late, Mother dear,’’ said Mary Frances, 
kissing her mother good-night, “that Billy and I 
had only time to slip the lovely little furniture into the 
living room; the dolls were all asleep on the rugs 
upstairs.” 


















CHAPTER XIV 


CiNDA Scares Mother Doll 



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H, Miss Doll! Miss Doll!’^ screamed Cinda 
next morning. Miss Doll, do come 

quick! Please do. Pm too scairt to speak. 
Too scairt to move. Too scairt to say one word. Oh, 
quick, come!’^ 

Great grandfathers! You are saying enough!^^ 
exclaimed Mother Doll hurrying down the stairs. 
^^What^s the matter, Cinda?’^ 

All the other dolls except Tony were in the hall 
and on the upper steps. 

^^This heah house done been busted into—dun been 
busted into in the night. I’m that scairt I can’t tell you.” 

“Why, Cinda,” said Mother Doll, “do explain. 
Amy, can’t you hear the baby screaming? I’ll in-ves- 
ti-gate this matter. Oh, how I wish poor Papa Doll 
were here. He was so brave.” 

“I’ll come help—^if you’ll wait ’til I get my pants 
on,” said Tony Doll, popping his head out the 
bedroom door. “Oh, no—I’ll slip on my bathrobe.” 
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CiNDA Scares Mother Doll 


111 



“We’ll wait—brave boy!” exclaimed Mother Doll. 

“Just like his Pop/’ added Willie Doll. 

“William Doll,” said his mother, “do not speak so 
ir-rev-er-ent-ly of the dead—or the lost.” And with 
that she took out her handkerchief. 

“Do you know. Mother,” said Tony, coming down 
the steps, “I’ve always had a feeling that father’d 
turn up one of these days.” 

“Oh, Tony,” said Mother Doll, wiping her eyes. 
“Oh, Tony, how could such happiness come to any 
ordinary human paper doll? What? Have our whole 
united family in such a mag-nif-i-cent and lux-u-ri-ous 
mansion as this?” Mother Doll shook her head. “It 
would be too good to be true.” 

“Always hope for the worst. Mother,” said Tony. 

“Oh, Tony, you’re right. That puts me to shame. 
I’ll be brave once more for the sake of my children— 
for the sake of my dear children. So, Cinda, tell me 
about your scare.” 

Cinda, who was sitting on the bottom stair-step, 
began: “Well, Miss Doll, I dun had a heavy dream 
last night, and when I corned into de libin room for 

















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The Mary Frances Housekeeper 



and I feeled splinters break all out all ober me, and 
I—and I—^just done busted out a-screamin\^^ 

Forevermore!^’ exclaimed Mother Doll, ^^is that 
all? Come, Tony, I guess it’s all imagination”— 
opening the living room door. 

For a moment she stood speechless, and then sud¬ 
denly ran forward into the room, calling, Children, 
children, come see what a beautiful present has been 
sent to us in the night. Oh! Oh! Oh!” 

All the children came scampering down the stairs 
shouting cries of delight. 

“ Oh, a bed! A bed, at last, to sleep in!” cried Hazel. 

^^Oh, we, the swells, will have bureaus and chif¬ 
foniers to dress ourselves before, in our glad rags,” 
exclaimed Willie Doll. 

^^Oh, bureaus! bureaus!” cried Amy and May 
Belle, hugging each other in delight and waltzing 
around the room. 

^^And a nursery screen. Oh, the loving kindness of 
our little Miss!” exclaimed Mother Doll. 

^^Now, as soon as we’ve had breakfast, we’ll move 
things into place. Do you boys think you can carry 

















CiNDA Scares Mother Doll 


113 


the girls will help/^ said Willie DoU. ^^Oh, I 
mean just balance them so as they won’t scratch the 
walls. We boys’ll do all the lifting. I’d like to take 
one piece up before breakfast for a ^starter.’ What do 
you say, Tone?” 

K., sir!” said Tony. ^^I’ll carry up the screen 
and—rr—exchange my bathrobe for a more convenient 
mode of attire.” 

Don’t like skirts, eh?” laughed Amy, who had 
just put on long dresses. 

The dolls were taking the last piece upstairs as 
Mary Frances peeped into the playroom again. 

There!” exclaimed Amy. “There you go again! 
A little more, and there’d been no banister on these 
stairs!” 

“Oh—^hush—up—^will—^you?” panted Tony; “do 
—it—better—yourself—if—you don’t—like —hugh! 
the— way —^we—do—’ ’ 

“There we are, boys,” interrupted May Belle 
clapping her hands. “The last step and the last piece. 
You are the crack-a-jack furniture movers. Better 
than hired ones, I say. Come right on into the bed- 




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The Mary Frances Housekeeper 


has it all scheduled so that every one of us sleeps in a 
bed. Isn’t it grand?” 

^Ht almost overcomes me/’ said Mother Doll. 
^^Now, I will explain about where you’re to sleep. 
Hazel and I will sleep in one bed and the two other 
girls in the other, in the white room; and the boys in 
the next room-” 

^^And the baby?” exclaimed Hazel. 

^^Oh, the baby—^the baby, why—the baby— 
that’s so. The baby has no crib. Why, the 
baby’ll sleep with me, of course,” smiled Mother 
Doll. 

^^The baby will have a crib soon, or I’m much 
mistaken,” thought Mary Frances. 

^Oh, of course!” exclaimed all the paper dolls at 
once, ^Hhe baby always sleeps with Mother.” 

^My,” said Willie Doll, looking at the bed long¬ 
ingly, certainly am tired! I’m so sleepy I could 
sleep across the handles of a wheelbarrow. I’d like to 
bunk right down there now and rest.” 

“Which you’ll not do, William Doll,” exclaimed his 
mother, “not until these girls have learned—and you 



















CiNDA Scares Mother Doll 


115 


The Care and Making of Beds 

1. Air beds daily. It is best to remove all covers. 

2. Turn mattress over often. Turn from end to end to 
prevent sinking in the center. Often brush off the dust. 

3. Lay lower sheet in place, right side up. Tuck wide hem 
in at the head. Stretch smooth, and tuck tightly in at foot and 
sides. 

4. Lay bolster in place, if one is used. Lay upper sheet right 
side facing down. Place wide hem at top, leaving enough to turn 
over. Tuck in at foot. 

5. Place blankets not quite to top of sheet, tucking them 
carefully in at foot. 

6. Spread counterpane smooth over all; and after shaking 
pillows, put them in place. 

A pad cover is often laid over the mattress, before placing 
the sheets. 



















CHAPTER XV 


Baby Doll^s Crib 

CRIB would make Mother Doll sleep very 
much more comfortably, Mother dear,’' said 



Mary Frances. ^^You see, she 


Never closed her eyes last night?” asked Mary 
Frances’ mother. 

don’t believe she did. Mother dear,” said Mary 
Frances, quite in earnest. 

^^You see she had to have the baby sleep with her 
and Hazel in one bed, and the baby was so restless 
that it kept Mother Doll awake almost all night. 
Of course Hazel slept. She’s such a sleepy¬ 
head, anyway! I do wish I could find a place 
for the baby to sleep, but I’m sure Mother Doll 
wouldn’t listen to having her any distance from 


her.” 


She’s a good mother,” smiled Mary Fran¬ 
ces’ mother, ^^and I think all this means that 
you’ll have to call Billy and learn how to inake 
a— 


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Baby Doll^s Crib 


117 


Baby’s Crib 
See Insert I 

Cut out, cutting down lines between legs and parts marked 
“bottom.” Cut notches marked A and B. 

Score with a pin along dotted lines. Fold down on all scored 
lines, after cutting top rails free from corner posts. Lock 
notches B together; fold in bottom and lock notches A. 

^^And where, please,^’ asked Billy, finishing the 
little crib and holding it up for the admiration of 
Mary Frances, where do the Doll family keep their 
clean clothes?’^ 

^^Oh, Billy, they have to keep their clothes on the 
floor under the beds, and under the rugs and- 

^^And I saw some dresses on top of the house this 
morning,’^ finished Billy. 

Really, Billy?^^ blushed Mary Frances, was to 
blame for that.’^ 

^^Oh, ho!^^ laughed Billy, “who else could have 
been to blame? But they must have a place to keep 
their ^duds,^ Sister.’^ 

“Oh, Billy,'' cried Mary Frances, “aren't you 
smart! You have planned a closet!" 

“Good guesser, little girl," laughed Billy. “Quite 





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The Mary Frances Housekeeper 



right—a closet. It will be in the hall—just at the 
head of the stairs. I’ll cut the door through from the 
middle bedroom now, if you say so.” 

^Tndeed I do say so, Billy. ” 

Mary Frances brought the house, and as Billy 
finished cutting the door, ^Tsn’t it lovely!” she ex¬ 
claimed. just suspect Mother Doll would be wonder¬ 
ing next where to hang the children’s clothes if you 
hadn’t made this nice closet.” 

^Tndeed she would,” replied Billy; ^^she seems 
always to be wanting something new, so, tell us. 
Mother, what are the new patterns, please?” 

These,” said mother, ^^are patterns which Mother 
Doll will surely appreciate—a rocking chair, to rest in 
when tired and when rocking the baby to sleep; a 
shirtwaist box in which to keep some of the many 

clothes needed for so large a family-” 

^^Oh, yes. Mother,” exclaimed Mary Frances, quite 
earnestly, ^^she will be delighted. She is such a neat 
housekeeper. You ought to see, both of you, how 

particular she is about dusting and-” 

“Oh, ha, ha!” Billy burst out laughing. “They 
are wonderful! Wonderful! those dolls!” Mary 







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Frances suddenly changed the subject and begged for 
the patterns of— 


The Bedroom Rocker 
See Insert IX 

Cut out. Cut notches. Score with a pin along dotted lines. 
Fold upward on all scored lines surrounding seat. Fold 
down on all scored lines. 

Lock straps together, pointing ends inside. 



Doll’s Shirtwaist Box 

Directions: Fasten one edge of the lid of small paste-board 
box to the box by a few stitches, after cutting the two opposite 
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/^Oh, goody!^’ laughed Mary Frances. ^^Mother 
Doll will certainly be delighted. Why, Mother, it’s 
a wonder she isn’t all worn out with such a big family, 
and no real convenience until now.” 

‘‘It is a wonder,” said Billy. “1 think she does 
look quite worn on the edges; I can see her nose is curl¬ 
ing up—^whether from pride or wear, I can’t say.” 

Billy!” laughed Mary Frances. Mother, isn’t 
Billy dreadful!” 

Catch me if you can,” interrupted Billy, and 
away ran the children out into the garden, away 
across the field, over into the woods and back. 

“Vd have caught him in a moment more. Mother!” 
panted Mary Frances, as they came back to the porch. 

“If I’d stood still,” said Billy, dodging behind a tree. 

^^Now run as hard as ever you can. Mister Billy,” 
laughed Mary Frances, ^^and—and I’ll—catch you!” 

And this time she did. 

In the evening, Mary Frances went to the play¬ 
room, and set the house in place, with the crib and a 
rocking chair and the shirtwaist box in Mother Doll’s 
room, and a plain chair in the other bedroom. She 
placed the dolls, who had all fallen asleep, in their beds. 








CHAPTER XVI 


Baby Doll Sleeps in the Crib 




^ MY, Amy, are you asleep?’^ whispered Mother 
Doll. 

^^No, Mother,^’ whispered Amy in turn. 

can’t sleep because of the fretting of that baby. 
Here, I’ll come take her over into my bed and see if 
she won’t be quieter.” 

^Ht’s quite dark yet, dearie,” said Mother Doll; 
don’t stumble.” 

^^Never mind! Never mind!” said Amy holding 
the baby close in her arms. ^^Did the ’ittie bittie 
thing cry? Never mind, it shall sleep wiz its sister— 
’es, it shall. Ummm! Ummm!” as she walked to 
and fro. 

^^My, the baby never was so bad,” said Mother 
Doll. wonder if it isn’t cutting a tooth.” 

Perhaps that’s it. Mother,” said Hazel, who was 
now awake. “As soon as it’s light enough we’ll look.” 

“I guess you didn’t get much sleep last night, 
Mother,” said May Belle. 

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said Mother Doll, been through 

worse experiences with all of you, and I seem to be 
able to stand a great deal yet. If only I could rest a 
little better- 

^^Oh, my goodness!” cried Amy suddenly, ^^Look 
what^s here!” 

Great grandfathers! How you frightened me, 
child!” exclaimed Mother Doll. ^^What is it?” 

crib, a crib!” cried the girls. ^^Oh, somebody 
draw the curtain! IsnT it the sweetest, dearest, little 
crib! Here, baby, come,” and May Belle took the 
baby from Amy and laid it down. 

Mary Frances danced up and down for joy as she 
stood in her slippers just outside the door. 

In a minute Baby Doll was quiet. 

“She’ll be asleep in no time,” whispered Mother 
Doll. “Oh, it’s too good!” 

“No, it isn’t too good. Mother,” said Amy, spying 
the shirtwaist box and the rocking chair, “for here’s 
more yet-” 

“Forevermore!” cried Mother Doll. “Forever¬ 
more! My, I don’t feel tired now! A rocking chair 
and a place to keep the clothes, and—oh, my! Oh, 








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125 


dear! Oh, Oh!^^ Then suddenly, ^^Why, say, girls, 
I’ll tell you what we’ll do—^we’ll engage the dress¬ 
maker to come soon. With a-” 

Shirtwaist box for in-spir-a-tion,” cried Hazel, 
pulling it from under the window; “we certainly 
ought to-” 

Bang! Bang! on the door. 

“Say, girls—say. Mother, it’s breakfast time,” 
cried Willie. “And great smoke! girls, we’ve found a 
dandy new chair and closet in our room! Oh, 
gee whiz! but we’re the swell guys.” 

“William Doll,” said Mother Doll, “I’ll not have 
my family spoken of in such a. dis-re-spect-ful way. 
Stop it!” 

“And, William Doll,” said Amy, “you aren’t the 
only onlies! We found-” 

“Call it off, girls,” exclaimed Willie Doll, “’til 
you’ve got breakfast ready, for I’m just like a big 
balloon with a yawning cave for a mouth.” 

“That’s a terrible picture to face,” laughed Mother 
Doll, “but the boy is right. Let’s have our breakfast!” 

“I suppose it’s because he’s so anxious to get off 
to school,” teased Amy. 













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^^Not me!—I mean, not I!” 

said Tony, ^Hhat boy’ll be treading on his 
whiskers before he graduates.” 

All the Dolls laughed. 



^^The best way,” said Mother Doll, hanging some 
clothes in the closet, ^^is to place the dresses on 
coat hangers and hook them over a curtain rod fast¬ 
ened on each side of the wardrobe or closet.” 

^^Here are the clean clothes. Miss Doll,’^ inter¬ 
rupted Cinda, coming upstairs. 

^^Good, Cinda,” said Mother Doll. ^^Now, you 
wait and see how to put clean clothes away. Lay the 
flat heavy pieces in the bottom of the drawer; and 
keep the dainty starched pieces on the top, so they 
will not be crushed down.” 

^^Oh, Mother,” exclaimed Hazel, can’t we keep 
Baby’s little dresses in the shirtwaist box?” 

^Hf you girls don’t object,” said Mother Doll. 

^^Oh, never!” cried the girls. ^^Not object for the 
sweetest of sweetnesses to have its little dresses in 
the nicest place!” 

Aren’t they the dears!” thought Mary Frances. 







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Bookcase. Davenport. Library Table. Library Rocker. Wing Chair. Library Chairs. Piano. Piano Bench. 





























Baby Doll Sleeps in the Crib 


129 


“Say, Cinders, give this dog something to eat, 
won’t you? Oh, he won’t hurt you!” 

Mary Frances looked downstairs in the doll’s 
house where the voice seemed to come from. 

“He won’t hurt you. Cinders!” 

Tony Doll was leading Mary Frances’ paper-animal 
shepherd dog into the kitchen. 

“’Deed, Mr. Tony, I’m most powerful scairt. Oh, 
please take him away! He look something fierce— 
something fierce!” shuddered Cinda. 

“Oh, look at his teef! I’se ’fraid he might bite 
me!” 

“I hope he won’t hurt his teeth, if he does,” 
laughed Tony. 

“Oh, mercy! Mr. Tony,” cried Cinda. 

“Oh, nonsense. Cinders; Shep wouldn’t hurt you. 
Would you, old boy?” 

Tony patted the dog’s back. “See, he’s wagging 
his tail!” 

“I know, Mr. Tony,” said Cinda, edging her way 
toward the dining room door, “I know—^but it ain’t 
his tail I’m afraid of!” 

“Oh, my goodness!” exclaimed Mary Frances, 




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laughing out loud. Every doll started up at the sound 
and then fell flat on the floor. Mary Frances stole 
very softly out of the playroom. 










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CHAPTER XVII 


The Living Room Furniture 

THAT do you think?^’ asked Mary Frances 
the next evening of Billy. ^^What do you 
suppose about the dolls, I mean?^’ 

^^Give it up,^^ said Billy, ^^but guess Mrs. Doll is 
about to give an ^At Home.^ 

Billy, youTe the greatest! Not yet. Mother 
Doll wants to give a Tea, but how can she, when they 
havenT a bit of furniture in the living room.^^ 

^^Just so! Just so!” laughed mother. was 

thinking of it myself; so this evening you may divide 
the patterns and each take your choice as to which 
of these pieces of furniture you will make.” 

And she brought out the patterns. 

The Library Table 
See Insert III 

Cut out. Cut notches. Score with a pin on dotted lines. 
Cut back table top corners to dotted line of leg. Lock 
straps together by means of notches. 

See illustration of finished article. 

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The Library Chairs 
See Insert XI and XIII 

Cut out. Cut notches. Score with a pin along dotted lines. 
Fold upward on all scored lines surrounding seat of arm 
chair. 

Fold down on all other scored lines. 

Lock strap notches together. 

See illustration of finished article. 


^ The Bookcase 



See Insert XII 

Cut out. Cut slits in back for the straps. 

Score with a pin along dotted lines. Fold on scored lines, 
seeing that top is cut free from sides. 

Slip straps into slits, matching letter to letter. 

See illustration of finished article. 


The Library Rocker 
See Insert XI 

Cut out. Cut notches. Score with a pin along dotted lines. 
Fold upward on all scored lines surrounding seat. Fold 
down on all other scored lines. Lock straps together. 

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and trace outlines with pencil. The thin paper is to prevent pencil from injuring the picture. 
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137 


The Wing Chair 
See Insert XIII 

Cut out. Cut notches. Score on dotted lines. 

Fold upward on all scored lines surrounding seat and the 
wings of back of chair and foot rest. Fold down on all other 
scored lines. 

See illustration of finished article. 


The Davenport 


See Insert XIII 

Cut out, cutting down lines between seat and arms. Cut 
slits for straps. Score with a pin on dotted lines. 

Fold down along all scored lines except the one on the part 
marked back and the one between the seat and the cushioned 
back. Fold these upward. 

Slip straps into slits. 

See illustration of finished article. 



Billyhs made two more things than exclaimed 
Mary Frances. 

^^Well, boys are used to handling knives- 

^^Oh, Billy, do you remember—and Mother, do 
you?—^the little dolls’ house Billy made out of a 
wooden packing box for me?” 

Indeed I do,” said Mother, ^^and it was a good 
house.” 
















The Mary Frances Housekeeper 


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wish I had some plans and materials now, for a 
wooden house and furniture,said Billy. 

cried Mary Frances, ^‘1 know—I can tell, 
Billy, from the way Mother is smiling, that she is 
getting something of the kind ready for you. Oh, 
wouldnT Mary Marie and Peg love a new house! 
Mother, you have something up your sleeve 1^^ shaking 
her finger. ‘^1 just know it.^^ 

^^Have you, Mother?^^ asked Billy. '^Have you or 
Father?’^ 

^^Why—^why,^’ said Mother. “I didnT think a 

smile could tell so much. Maybe, sometime you- 

^H^d rather finish these things first, anyhow,^^ 
declared Billy, not realizing he had interrupted. 

^^Yes, indeed. IsnT this the cutest little set/^ said 
Mary Frances. ^^And oh, the dolls would be too dis¬ 
appointed if they didnT get their house all furnished— 
a suite of furniture for every room.^’ 

^ Suite of furniture,’ ” said Billy, sounds very 
important-” 

library suite,” laughed Mary Frances. ''Well, 
here I go to slip them into place. I hope all the dolls 
are upstairs asleep so that they won’t hear me.” 














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CHAPTER XVIII 


Willie and Tony Hunt a Burglar 


sure I heard a noise downstairs, Tone/^ 

I whispered Willie Doll, sitting up in bed. 

^ ^^Oh, nonsense! DonT wake me up!’^ mut¬ 

tered Tony Doll turning over. 

“Say, Tony! I say, there^s that noise again!’^ 

(“Oh, dear,’’ thought Mary Frances, “how careless 
I am. I hit the side of the house. I’ll take care not 
to do that again.” But she did, for it was quite dark.) 

“Humph!” exclaimed Tony Doll, sitting up and 
listening. “Guess we’d better go down and see.” 

(“Oh,” thought Mary Frances, “aren’t the little 
things brave!”) 

“Where’s my bathrobe. Will? Oh, here—^no. you 
don’t! I want my own! Ready?” 

“Sure! Oh, for a revolver!” said Willie. 

“You’d shoot off your fingers,” said Tony now wide 
awake. “Better depend on your fists. Gee! that is 
a pretty heavy sound!” cautiously peeping out the 
door. 











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(Mary Frances tapped on the outside of the house 
again. ^^Just to see what the brave little things will 
do/^ she thought.) 

'‘Say, Tone,’' shuddered Willie Doll, "I’m—^not— 
so—scared—^but—^my—^teeth—^won’t—stand—still. If 
only Father were here!” 

"If you’re scared—go—^back—to—^bed,” said Tony 
Doll crossly, but he jumped as Mary Frances tapped 
on the house once more. 

"Who’s there?” he demanded at the living room 
door. "Who’s there?” 

To keep up his courage, Willie began to recite: 

' Oh, say no more. 

Oh, say no more; 

I hear the policeman 
At the door! 

He has his billy 
In his hand. 

He beats the door 
To beat the band; 

A peddler’s pack 
Upon his back— 












Willie and Tony Hunt a Burglar 


143 


Oh, say no more 
Oh, say no more; 

I hear the policeman 
At the door!’^ 


(Mary Frances laughed, and then she whistled like 
the wind—“Whoo! Whoo!’') 

^^Oh, oh!’’ laughed Tony. ^^Oh, oh! say. Will, 
good joke!—it’s only the wind banging the windows— 
that’s the burglar. We’re great heroes!” 

won’t scare them any worse,” thought Mary 
Frances. ^^My, I’d love Mother and Billy to hear 
the cute little things; but I’m afraid they wouldn’t 
talk if they were here. I’ll try it to-morrow night! 
I’ll get Mother to come listen.”) 

^^Come on down those last steps, WiU; and we’ll 
go into the living room,” continued Tony Doll. 

^^Gee-rusalem!” exclaimed Willie Doll, ^^the place 
is full of furniture—full! Oh, let’s tell the fam- 



ily!" 

^^Wait a minute! Wait a minute!” said Tony. 
“Let’s see what time it is! Lucky I put my watch in 












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The Mary Frances Housekeeper 


waken Mother, but leFs get up early. It^s too dark 
now to see, anyhow. 

^^Phew! I hope 141 be able to sleep. I’m so 
excited!” said Willie Doll, as he and Tony stole quietly 
up the stairs. 

^^And I’ll be up early, too,” thought Mary Frances, 
^^and hear what the rest say.” 



Early next morning, just as the first bright light 
stole into her room, Mary Frances hurried to the play¬ 
room. do hope I’ll be on time,” she thought, but 
the dolls were already in the living room, and Mother 
Doll was talking. 

^^Such exquisite furnishings! I do declare, chil¬ 
dren,” she was saying, ^^ou must learn about— 


The Care of Furniture 

1. Keep well dusted. Use a “dustless” duster. 

2. Remove to another room, or porch, while sweeping. 

3. Boys should remember that while most furniture is put 
together very skilfully, it is not made of iron.” 














Willie and Tony Hunt a Burglar 


145 


And this elegant bookcase/^ went on Mother Doll, 
^ deads me to speak of— 


The Care of Books 


1. Remember, a good book is a valuable possession—to be 
cared for and treated as a friend, which it really is. 

2. Never bend a book more than halfway over on its own 
binding, or you will break its back. 

3. If someone gives you a book, write your name on the fly¬ 
leaf mth the date and the name of the giver. 

4. Always return a borrowed book in the shortest time pos¬ 
sible, with thanks to the lender. 

^^That^s all the lecture just now/’ smiled Mother 
Doll. 



Excuse me, Mother, I have a poem upon the 
subject of books,” said Willie. ‘^May I recite it?’ 

Certainly, son,” said his mother. do hope 
it is a good poem.” 

^‘You are the judge, madam,” said Willie, bowing, 
will now recite: 












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The Mary Frances Housekeeper 


To gratify their pride, sir! 
But I have books, 

And books, and books. 
For why—^to read inside, sir! 


“Others have books. 

Not for their looks. 

But for their extra size, sir! 

But I have books. 

And books, and books. 

For why—^to make me wise, sir!’^ 


As Willie finished with a low bow, all the family 
applauded. 

“There’s a splendid lesson in that, children,” said 
Mother Doll, “and I hope you will all learn the 
poem.” 

“Our poet looks proud enough to burst,” whispered 
Amy to Tony. 

“Come, boys,” said Mother Doll; “after breakfast, 
I want you to do an errand for me. Please go tell 
Cousin Winnie that the girls and I hope she can arrange 
to come spend a week with us as a guest—and, after 











Willie and Tony Hunt a Burglar 


147 


that, maybe she can do some dressmaking for us for a 
few days.’^ 

“Oh, Mother! Goody! Goody!^^ exclaimed all 
the girls. “Our clothes are so shabby!^^ hugging and 
kissing their mother and each other. 

“Humph, I don’t see where we come in on this 
deal,” complained Willie Doll. 

“Oh, Cousin Win’ll make you boys some of those 
lovely wash-silk shirts; and we’ll crochet you some 
neckties—^maybe,” cried Hazel. 

“Yes—^may be’—^thank you,” said Willie 

Doll. 

“Well, so long, girls. 'Bye, Mother,” said Tony, 
and started out the door. 

“Wait a minute, boys,” cried Mother Doll; “don’t 
make much fuss over our pros-per-i-ty. Of course. 
Cousin Winnie has heard something about it, but 
don’t get bubbling over—^though I can scarcely help 
it myself—and here,” going into the kitchen, “take 
Cousin Winnie these oranges.” 

She handed a little basket of wooden oranges to 
the boys. 

“Isn’t she kind,” thought Mary Frances. 


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wonder if ^Cousin Winnie^ is the old lady paper doll 
I used to have so long ago. I’ll watch. 

^‘Now, girls/^ said Mother Doll, coming back, 
suppose you want to know what kind of dresses you 
are to have.’^ 

^^Yes! Yes! Yes! Mother.’^ 
want pink!^^ exclaimed Hazel. 

^‘1 want one pink, two blue, one-said May 

Belle. 



want one blue, 

I want one red; 

And I want one white, 
To wear to bed.^’ 


interrupted Willie. 

^^Forevermore! William!’’ chided Mother Doll, 
thought you had gone—dhurry along with you!” 
^^Well,” she went on, ^Ve will make school dresses 
for all but Amy. She must have a new afternoon dress. 
There must be a new suit for each of ^us girls,’ and we 
each must have a new party dress.” 

^^Oh, Goody! Goody!” cried the girls. 


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Willie and Tony Hunt a Burglar 


149 


^^For/’ said Mother Doll, ‘‘1 want to give you a 
Tea/’ 


^^Oh, how glad I am! Oh, joy!^^ cried the girls. 

(^^Ahem! a ^TeaM Good old Billy 1^^ thought 
Mary Frances. ''Good guess, indeed!'') 

"But who'll you invite, Mother?" asked May 
Belle suddenly. 

"I'll invite—oh, the guests will be provided," said 
Mother Doll hopefully. 

("Which they will," said Mary Frances to herself. 
"I'U borrow Eleanor's set of dolls.") 

"And Cinda must have at least two new dresses," 
Mother Doll continued, "one for school and a whole 
new outfit for a waitress." 

"Yas'am, Miss Doll; excuse me, but I thought I 
done heard my name," said Cinda, coming in the door. 

"Why, yes, Cinda," said Mother Doll; "I was 
telling the young ladies I expect to have the dressmaker 
next week, and although you may have more work 
than usual, you may be glad; for I hope to get some 
new clothes made for you." 

"Oh, Miss Doll, I'm most 'debted to yo' all. I 
reckon you'll hab me a dress like my cousin had. She 













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The Mary Frances Housekeeper 



was just about my color, I reckon, and when I seed her 
in church on Sunday she had a shiny crush’ strawberry, 
and she look too sweet for anything on earth.” 

^^Why, Cinda-” 

^^Yas’am, she did, yas’am,—she was in mourning 
after her mother-in-law died, and just as she was 
coming out, her sister-in-law dies, and then she darkened 
it again, and just as she was cornin’ out, her uncle dies— 
and she ain’t done wore no colored waists fo’ two 
years—^not ’till that Sunday. Please, Miss Doll, I 
certainly does love crush’ strawberry.” 

Cinda, I’ll think about it,” said Mother Doll, 
laughing; ^^but you may go now.” 

^^Yas’am, yas’am,” said Cinda. ‘^1 reckon I knows 
my place in white people’s house,” she muttered going 
into the kitchen. 

She’s a real old-fashioned child of the South,” 
laughed Mother Doll. 

^^She has improved wonderfully. Mother,” said 
Amy. 

^^Yes,” said Mother Doll, ^^and she’s a great help. 
It’s strange how a person cannot do a kindness for 
another and not be benefited herself.” 













Willie and Tony Hunt a Burglar 


151 


(^^Good Mother Dolly!” thought a little girl as she 
tiptoed out of the playroom to answer her own mother^s 
call.) 













CHAPTEE XIX 


The Dolls’ Dresses 



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^ ^HY are you so quiet this afternoon, Mary 
Frances, dear?’’ asked her mother. 

^^Why, Mother,” said the little girl, 
“you should have heard Mother Doll telling the 
children, she was going to have a dressmaker. The 
cute little thing! I know she can’t make the dresses 
she has planned, so I’m going to help her out. See 
what I’ve made already.” 

Mary Frances held up a dress of “crushed straw¬ 
berry” for Cinda. 

“Very pretty, dear,” said Mother; “but isn’t that 
a rather brilliant color for a colored child?” 

“It’s what she said she wanted. Mother.” 

Her mother laughed. “You dear little imaginer!” 
She said, kissing her. 

“Indeed, Mother, the dolls do talk,” said Mary 
Frances, earnestly, “and I do wish you and Billy 
could hear them when they ^spy’ the furniture. I’ve 
been afraid to tell about it for fear they might stop; 











The Dolls’ Dresses 


153 


but won’t you come listen after we put the next pieces 
in the house? Just you, Mother dear. I’m—^I’m 
afraid Billy might make fun.” 

^^Well, dear, I’ll come whenever you wish,” said 
Mother, smiling; ^^and now I can help you make 
some clothes for your dollies.” 

(Some of the patterns Mary Frances’ mother used 
for the paper dolls’ clothes are given on the page with 
the dolls.) 

Mary Frances put the clothes, when finished, into a 
box. She painted it to look like a trunk, and left it 
in the living room of the dolls’ house. 

^^Well, well!” exclaimed Mother Doll going into 
the living room later on. ^^I didn’t know Cousin 
Winnie had sent her trunk.” 

“I didn’t send a trunk. Cousin,” exclaimed a new 
voice. 

That’s my old lady paper doll! It is! It is!” 
thought Mary Frances.) 

^^What can it be, then?” asked Mother Doll, 
looking helplessly at the trunk. 

^'Well, Mother,” said Tony, ^Tf you can spare me. 











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ril go down town and get an X-ray outfit—^maybe we 
will be able to see through the wood/^ 

^^Oh, you saucy boy/^ laughed Mother Doll. 
^^Open it.’^ 

Every doll crowded around as Tony tried to open 
the lid. 

Needs his brother’s manly assistance/’ said Willie 
coming forward and taking hold of the other side. 

^^One! two! three! There we are!” Open came 
the lid. 

Then, the oh!—oh!—oh’s! of the Doll family were 
really so loud that Mary Frances laughed heartily 
without any danger of being heard by them. 

Each one of the girls tried on a new dress over the 
one she was wearing, and Mother Doll didn’t seem to 
object. The boys held their dress suits under their 
arms. 

^^But how’d we know they are ours?” suddenly 
asked Amy looking fearfully at her mother. 

^‘Sure enough, child-” 

^^Oh, here’s a note! Here’s a note!” cried Hazel, 
reaching down into the trunk and falling in headlong. 
Tony and Willie pulled her out laughing. 















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155 


“Here's the note/' said Willie, handing a paper to 
Mother Doll. 

“Oh, where are my glasses?" She began to search. 
“There they are on top of your head!" said one of 
the children. 

“Forevermore!" exclaimed Mother Doll, putting 
them on. “The note's in our little Miss' writing." 

She read: 


To the dear 
Paper Doll Family. 


“Then they must be ours! They must be ours! 
Look!" exclaimed Mother Doll. “Here is an extra 
dress, which must be meant for Cousin Winnie." 

“Let me see if it fits," holding it up against her. 
“It does! It does!" 

Everybody began to dance for joy. 

“If we had a piano, we could put on our beautiful 
party dresses, couldn't we. Mother?" said May Belle, 
“and dance in earnest." 













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^^May Belle, donT, dear child/^ said her Mother. 

Don’t dare presume to hint for-” 

“1 didn’t think, Mother,” said May Belle. Maybe 
that did sound pre-” 

^‘Presumptuous,” said Willie Doll. “Well, it’s not 
presumptuous to say, I like pianos—^is it?” 

“No, William,” said his mother; “that seems to me 
to be in a perfectly grateful spirit.” 

“He’ll walk on air. Mother,” said Amy, “after 
such approval from you.” 

(“They’ll get a piano,” said Mary Frances. “I 
know—feel certain they will—^for I’ll ask Mother.”) 

“Well, dearies, I’m quite tired out,” said Cousin 
Winnie; “and if you’ll excuse me. I’ll go upstairs to 
rest.” 

“Certainly, dear Cousin Winnie,” said Mother 
Doll. “What a relief this gift is for you, and for 
us all, for now we will not have to work at dressmaking 
for days on end.” 

“I’ll be thinking about going home sometime 
soon,” said Cousin Winnie. ^Home ’—although I have 
no real home—I’ve Ihed under the radiator for years.” 

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Winnie, if you don't mind sleeping on the living room 
davenport, you're welcome to stay with us—that is, 
if the children all feel as I do." 

^^We do! We do!" cried all the children. 

With tears in her eyes. Cousin Winnie thanked the 
dolls and went upstairs to rest. 


^^Well," exclaimed Amy, ^^if Cousin Win isn't the 
nicest person to visit a family. I'll give up." 

^‘Yes," said Mother Doll, “she never forgets the— 

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1. Accept or decline an invitation promptly, stating how 
long a visit will be made; and the hour of arriving and leaving. 

2. Be ready for each meal at the time appointed; to be late 
is very impolite. 

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4. When asked what part of the meat is preferred, name it at 
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and you may as well learn now, what are the— 

Duties of Hostess 

1. Provide for the pleasant reception, and comfort of a guest, 

2. Decide where each shall sit at table. 

3. See that the table is properly set. 

4. Place the most honored lady at the right of the host. 

5. Place the most honored gentleman at the right of the 
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have finished. 

8. At breakfast: serve coffee or tea. 

Dinner: serve soup and dessert. 

Luncheon: serve tea or cocoa, side dish, and dessert. 

Supper: serve tea and sweets. 

9. Give signal of dismissal from table by rising. 

your dear father were here he would explain 
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try my best to tell you about the— 

Duties of the Host 

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CHAPTER XX 


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Making a Piano 



Mother! and Billy! Theydl go wild, 
nearly, over this piano. Oh, you dearest 
^ " Mother dear!^’ exclaimed Mary Frances. 

^^Yes, I suspect they will all learn to play upon 
it over night. Wonderfully bright dolls, those Mary 
Frances Paper Dolls! Tum-de-um-dee-Tum-de-dee!’’ 
said Billy, pretending to play on the table. 

Don’t tease,” said their Mother, ^^but help make 
this wonderful piano.” 

shall be delighted to help,” said Billy, ^^and 
I do hope the—ahem—instrument has a fine quality 
of tone.” 

Mary Frances laughed. know one thing, 

anyway,” she said. ^^The Doll children will not 
become nervous practising scales and exercises.” 

'^No,” said Billy,^^ especially, not my name¬ 
sake.” 

‘^Come, children,” said Mother, ^Yeady to make 
the— 

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The Piano 
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and top are cut free, so that sides will fold underneath properly. 

Fold down on all scored lines except the one just above the 
keys. Fold this upward. 

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Fold down along dotted lines. 

Lock straps together by means of notches. 

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^‘That is a darling!^^ exclaimed Mary Frances, as 
Billy finished off the piano. ^^I have the bench done. 
Certainly my dolls are ^ swell,^ as Willie Doll says.’^ 
^Says,^ exclaimed Billy, ^^Oh, ho! Will you 
ladies excuse me, now? I have an engagement with 
Father?^^ 

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Mother. certainly will excuse you, Brother; 

and we’ll join you both a little later.” 

^H’ll tell Father,” said Billy. 

^^Now, Mother,” said Mary Frances, ^^now, will 
you come while I put the piano in the dolls’ house? 
And to-morrow morning, will you come with me at 
earliest light and listen to what the cute things 
say?” 

^^Yes, indeed, girlie! It certainly will be fun!” 
said Mother following the little girl. 



^^Hush-sh-sh!” warned Mary Frances as she and 
her mother tiptoed into the playroom door early next 
morning. 

“Yes, all right, dear,” Mother’s head meant by the 
nodding. 

They took their station behind the big rocker near 
Sandpile Village. Moments passed while Mary Frances 
almost held her breath hoping that the dolls would 
speak, but they lay just as she had left them the 
evening before. 

“Come, dear, you’ll take cold, for you are not fully 
dressed; and I must go,” Mother finally said. 














Making a Piano 


167 


/‘I’m so-o-o disappointed, Mother dear!” Tears 
ran down Mary Frances’ cheeks. 

“Never mind, dearie mine,” said Mother; “fairies 
and dolls do not talk for grown-up people.” 

“Oh, I’m so sorry for grown-up people,” cried Mary 
Frances. 

“Well, we have our com-pen-sa-tion—^we have the 
dear, dear children, you know,” and Mary Frances 
and her mother hugged and kissed each other in a 
different way from ever before. 

“And you can tell me all about it,” added Mother. 













CHAPTER XXI 


A Five o^Clock Tea 



M ary Frances was listening. She had 
borrowed some of Eleanor’s paper dolls, 
and placed them just outside Sandpile 

Village. 

Mother Doll was leisurely strolling down the 
village street. 

Suddenly she looked up and smiled as she saw 
Eleanor’s dolls. 

^^Why,” she said, this is not a pleasure! Most 
unexpected, too! I am delighted, Mrs. Eleanor Doll. 
And are these your daughters—and your sons?” 

Mrs. Eleanor Doll introduced her children. 

^H’m delighted to meet you, young people, I’m 
sure, although I cannot very well remember so many 
names. I met your dear mother, I well recall, one day 
when your Miss Eleanor visited our Miss Mary 
Frances.” 

Mrs. Eleanor said she remembered the day well. 
^^And now,” beamed Mother Doll, ^^and now, noth- 
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169 


ing will do at all, unless you come this afternoon and 
take a cup of tea with us. I—^usually, I pour at five.^’ 

(“Oh, the little pretender will be caught yet,^^ 
thought Mary Frances.) 

“I usually pour at five,^’ repeated Mother Doll. 

“Not down me!’^ whispered Mrs. Eleanor Doll’s 
littlest boy. 

“Hush!” warned his big sister. 

“In fact,” said Mother Doll, “to-day we were going 
to make a little social affair of our own home party— 
a small ^At Home,’ you know; nothing elaborate, but 
just for our own pleasure. You will all be sure to come, 
will you not?” 

Mrs. Eleanor Doll accepted the invitation for the 
family. 

“So glad!” murmured Mother Doll, shaking hands 
in most approved fashion with Mrs. Eleanor Doll, 
and bowing to the others, as they accepted the invita¬ 
tion. 

“Whew!” whispered the little boy doll, “don’t we 
put on the high and mighty? Ahem! Ahem!” 

“Hush, Boy,” said his mother severely. “Just 
because somebody’s jealous, maybe, you need not 











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The Mary Frances Housekeeper 


make fun. I’m glad we’re invited—and even if Mrs. 
Doll overdoes a little in her manner, perhaps it’s 
good for us to see how she manages.” 

(^^Which it is,” thought Mary Frances; ^Tor 
Eleanor will make a house and sets of furniture just 
like these—^then what?”) 



Cinda let Mrs. Doll in the front door, and her 
mistress made her go down the walk to pick up some 
papers that were floating about in the breeze. 

(Oh, ho!” giggled Mary Frances, ‘‘to show off the 
colored maid! Oh, the funny little thing!”) 

“Girls,” called Mother Doll, “get ready. Get 
your dresses out and lay them on the bed, and 
come-” 

“Oh, Mother, what in the wide world are you trying 
to say?” asked Amy, leaning over the banister. 

“Bless me, my children,” said Mother Doll, “I’m 
that excited! I was trying to say that at last we can 
give a Tea, for there’s somebody to invite! I met Mrs. 
Eleanor Doll and her family down below Sandpile 
Village—and we at last are able to give our Five 
o’clock Tea.” 








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171 


Mother! What? That, and a piano in one day! 
Oh, ho,^^ cried Amy. 

''Yes, and Amy can play 'Polly Wants a 
Crack-' 

"Willie,’^ exclaimed Amy, "you must want one! 
Keep still. 

"I^m so sorry I couldnT have cards,’^ continued 
Mother Doll. "I can see them now. They read like 



this: 


To meet Miss Winnie Doll. 


Mrs. Mother Doll, 
Sandpile Village. 


Tuesday, five o’clock. 


"Never mind, Mother,^^ said May Belle; "more 
important is —whsit are we going to have to eat?’^ 
"Oh, yes,’’ said Mother Doll, "that is true; but 
something quite simple is always best unless it is really 
a very formal occasion.” 









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The Mary Frances Housekeeper 



^^How much you do know, Motherexclaimed 
Hazel, looking proudly at her. 

^^Well, my dear,^’ said Mother Doll, beaming with 
pleasure, ^^you must remember, my father was a judge, 
and, of course, IVe had advantages; and I want you 

children to have advantages. If your dear father- 

“Oh, Miss Doll,^^ interrupted Cinda, “here come 
Mister Willie with eight loaves of bread. 

“Yes, Cinda,^^ said Mother Doll, “and lettuce, and 
other packages. You go and open everything. Wash 
the lettuce and drain it carefully—then come to me.^^ 
“Yas^am,^^ said Cinda, “yas’am.’^ 

“I reckon something's going on here,^^ she muttered 
as she went out. 

“Let me see,’’ said Mother Doll. “I was going to 
have simple lettuce sandwiches, but those people will 
be really hungry, so I think we’ll have— 


Club Sandwiches 
Fancy Cakes Bonbons 

Tea or Cocoa 


“Delightful!” exclaimed May BeUe. “I know how 
how to make grand club sandwiches.” 










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173 


“Seems as if I like the sound of bonbons best/^ 
interrupted Willie. 

“Oh, go dong,^^ said May Belle, “I’m telling how— 


To Make Club Sandwiches 


1. Toast slices of bread after removing crust. 

2. While hot, spread with butter. 

3. On one piece of toast place— 

A lettuce leaf, 

A few thin slices of roast chicken 
J tablespoon chopped olives and pickles 
2 slices hot bacon 
1 tablespoon of salad dressing 
Another lettuce leaf 
Another piece of toast. 

“My, that makes my mouth get ready,” said Willie 
Doll. 

“You forgot to say, ‘tie with ribbon’ May Belle,” 
said Tony, laughing. 

“Tony, you may carve the chicken,” said his sister. 

“Will you go to the kitchen now and begin?” 

“Use the one that is in the dresser—the chicken 
without any of the paint rubbed off,” she called after 
him. 











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The Mary Frances Housekeeper 


Hazel, child,said Mother Doll, '^please see that 
the tea kettle and tea ball are ready? 

WouldnT it be better to use a teapot for so many. 
Mother?’^ asked Amy. 

^'Why, yes, child, it wouldsaid Mother Doll; 
^^and, Amy, will you do up my hair for the occasion?’’ 

Certainly, Mother,” said Amy; Let’s go upstairs 
now;—^the girls will see that everything is ready. 
I’ll do your hair right away.” 

Don’t singe it, Amy!” called Willie Doll, dodging 
into the kitchen. 

^^All ready, girls?” asked Mother Doll. ^H’m so 
grateful we have these lovely afternoon clothes. No, 
my dear Hazel, you are mistaken; not full-dress for 
an informal afternoon affair; a big party might call 
for that.” 

^‘Now, you girls may prepare to receive with me,” 
she went on; stand next to me on the left; Tony, 
I think you may stand on my right, and Willie, you—” 

^^Not me!” declared Willie Doll, ^^not me, excuse 
me!” and he sat over on the sofa. 

Everybody laughed. 






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175 


‘‘Hush’/’ The door knocker was pounding. It 
made a sound like the tick of a clock. 


Mary Frances could scarcely keep from laughing 
aloud, as Mother Doll presented, “My son, Mr. Tony— 
my daughter. Miss Amy,” to the entire Eleanor Doll 
family; and then poured tea, while the girls and Tony 
and Willie served the guests, and Cinda brought fresh 
supplies. 

“A beautiful home, Mrs. Doll,” said Mrs. Eleanor 
Doll. “A beautiful home! And what a lovely piano!” 

“Yes,” sighed Mother Doll, “Amy would play for 
you, only she is out of practice!” 

“Only, we’ve just gotten it,” interrupted Willie 
Doll, “and this is our first tea party, too!” 

Mrs. Eleanor Doll looked at Mrs. Paper Doll in 
surprise. Then they both burst out laughing. 

“I knew it,” laughed Mrs. Eleanor Doll. 

“And I knew you knew it,” laughed Mother Doll. 

“And I knew you knew I knew it,” Mrs. Eleanor 
Doll said, wiping away laughter-tears. 

(“I do hope it will be a lesson to the funny little 
thing,” thought Mary Frances.) 








CHAPTER XXII 


Father Doll Comes to Life 



44WONDER why Cinda isn’t up?” exclaimed 
I Mother Doll, coming into the kitchen the next 
^ morning. do wonder! I guess I’ll go upstairs 
to see.” 

Cinda was in bed. As soon as she caught sight of’ 
Mother Doll, she began: 

^^Oh, Miss Doll! Oh, Miss Doll! I’m so sick I 
can’t see; that sick I can’t move; I’m that sick I 
can’t speak!” 

^^Well, Cinda,” said Mother Doll, suppose you keep 
still long enough for me to find out what is the matter.” 

^^Oh, Miss Doll, I reckon I can tell all about it 
to you-all. I dun read in the normanac about a 
kind of medicine what would cure the distress ob the 
back, and another kind what would cure the headache, 
and another kind what would increase the appletite; 
an’—an’—I dun bought ’em all, and dun took a dose 
ob all of ’em at once three times a day—^mixed—an’— 
an’—oh, dear oh-h—deear-r-r!” 

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177 


^^Well, I should think!exclaimed Mother Doll. 

Great grandfathers! So then! Cinda, where did 
you keep all these bottles? I haven^t noticed 
any.'' 

dun hid 'em under the bed," said Cinda. 

^^So then! and forevermore!" exclaimed Mother 
Doll. Never, never touch them again! It's a wonder 
you're alive!" 

^^Yas'am, it sure is. Miss Doll; I dun thought I 
was dead all night," said Cinda. 

Shall I get your cousin to come see you, Cinda?" 
asked Mother Doll. 

^^Oh, no'am, thank you. Miss Doll," said Cinda. 
^^No'am, she's rather a rough girl, I guess. I never 
met her, but I dun got somebody to give me a sketch 
ob her; and—^why, I feel better. Miss Doll! I 'spect it 
was talkin' to you-all." 

'spect your malady was mostly ^scare,'" said 
Mother Doll. 

^^Yas'am, I'll be down befor'long. Miss Doll," said 
Cinda, ^^and help wif everything." 

“Don't come, Cinda, if you don't feel well." 



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The Mary Frances Housekeeper 



The door bell rang. Cinda went to the door. 

^^Does Mrs. Doll live here?^^ 

^^Yas’am—I mean, yas, suh, she do,’’ said Cinda, 
^^but she don’t want no postcards, nor dusters, nor soap 
premiums.” 

^^Will you take a message to her, child?” said the 
caller. ^H’m no peddler, though I’m covered with 
dust. May I come in? I’m Mrs. Doll’s husband.” 

Husband! You! No, suh, no suh, yo’ don’t get 
the best ob this heah darkey, no sir-ee!” And Cinda 
banged the door shut. 

^^Here, Shep!” she called so loudly she could be 
heard through the door. ^^Here, Shep! Where is 
that dog?” 

Who’s there, Cinda?” asked Mother Doll. ^Wou 
know we have no dog in the house—and besides, I 
told you, you remember, to feed all tramps. Yes, 
I did, Amy. Who knows but that is what your poor 
dear father is this minute.” 

^Hs the man hungry?” she asked Cinda. 

Maybe—” said Cinda, perhaps—^I didn’t ask 
him. Miss Doll.” 

^^Oh, Cinda, where is he? Is he out there yet?” 






Father Doll Comes to Life 


179 


^^Yas^am, ^spect he is/’ said Cinda. ‘^1 didn’t 
just like his looks. He seemed to think he had a right 
here.” 


“Why, what did he say?” laughed Mother Doll. 

“Humm—Miss Doll, he done say, H’se Miss Doll’s 
husband.’ ” 

“Oh! oh! oh!” cried Mother Doll, and all the chil¬ 
dren rushed to her. “Let me go to the door!” and she 
ran out. 

“It is! It is my dear husband!” she cried, “and 
your father, children! My dear!” and she fell fainting 
into the dusty arms of Father Doll on the steps. 

When Mother Doll opened her eyes she was on the 
sofa and Father Doll was leaning over patting her 
head. She laughed and cried and hugged him; and 
cried and laughed again, and hugged him and as many 
of the children as she could at once; then one at a 
time; and then everybody hugged and kissed everybody 
else. 



Cinda suddenly appeared, and bowing before 
Mother Doll, said: 

“Supper—dinner is served, madam,” and-walked 
solemnly out of the room. 






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. Everyone smiled. 

Behold!—our maid!’’ said Willie Doll, proudly. 
'^Father, come up to our room,” cried Tony, ^^and 
fix up. Supper can wait a few minutes, can’t it, 
Mother?” 

Certainly, my dear boy,” said Mother Doll. ^^Do 
make your father comfortable!” 

“Excuse me,” she added. “I will go and see if 
-3 Cinda has put everything into the warming oven.” 






CHAPTER XXIII 


How Father Doll Got Lost 


f I AAKE your rightful place, Father,said Mother 
I Doll, pointing to the head of the table. 

^ ^^We have never let anyone sit in your 
chair! Our dearest wish is granted to have you 
with us once again, a united happy family in our own 
home.’’ 

^Ht is! It is!” cried all the children, and Father 
Doll bowed his head to hide the tears. 

Where were you, my dear, all this time?” asked 
Mother Doll after everyone was served to fish, and roast 
beef, and carrots, and peas, and potatoes, and tomato 
salad, and dessert. 

^Ht seems to me these things taste better every 
time we have them,” interrupted Willie Doll, cutting 
into a paper pie with a little lead knife. “I’ve had 
this same apple pie six times this week, and every time 
I have it-” 

“William, you didn’t hear me ask your father a 
question, did you?” said his mother. 

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^‘Excuse me, Mother/^ said Willie; beg your 
pardon/’ 

Where were you, my dear, all this time?” Mother 
Doll again asked Father Doll. 

^Hmagine my sorrow, my dear ones,” said Father 
Doll, tears coming again to his eyes, There I was 
all these days—caught behind the radiator where I 
could see your comings and goings and doings every 

day—see your new house-” 

^^Our new hquse. Father,” interrupted Mother 
Doll. ^^Our new beautiful home.” 

^^Our home, dear Mother,” said Father Doll, get¬ 
ting up and kissing her. Then he continued: 

^^Try as I would, not one word could I make you 
hear.” 

^^Oh, how terrible!” shuddered Mother Doll. 

^^Not until this morning did Miss Mary Frances’ 
mother sweep me out. ^Why,’ she exclaimed, ^isn’t 
this Mary Frances’ paper doll that has been gone so 
long?’ ” 

^^Oh, my dear husband—such a fate!” cried Mother 
Doll. 


^^But we are now reunited—a happy family, my 







How Father Doll Got Lost 


183 


own dear/^ said Father Doll; ^det us forget our past 
sorrows/’ 


^^But behind the radiator—such a weary, dark 
hole,” shuddered Mother Doll. ^^Oh, wasn’t it 
awful!” 

Awful!” said the children. 

^^Our little Miss will be so sorry—she wouldn’t 
have done it for the world,” said Amy. 

^^Not for the world,” repeated all the children. 

^^Back of the radiator 
In the playroom— 

Out from the radiator. 

Saved by a broom!” 

quoted Willie Doll, solemnly; and everybody laughed 
and felt much better. 

^Met us sing something, children,” said Mother 



Doll. 


‘^1 think it had better be ^Home, Sweet Home’ ” 
said Tony, going to the piano. 

Then all the family gathered round and 
sang: 






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playrooms and playthings 
Tho^ we may roam, 

Be it only a dolls’ house, 

There’s no place like home; 

The mansions of great folks 
Have nothing for style 
To compare for an instant 
With our home on the Pile. 

CHORUb. 

^^Home, home, sweet, sweet, home. 

Be it only a dolls’ house. 

Oh, there’s no place like home.” 

^^Now,” said Willie Doll, ^^Tone, get your camera 
and let’s have a group picture taken.” 

Capital!” cried Tony rushing upstairs. 

^Ht’s on the top shelf of the closet,” cried Amy 
after him; I put it there to-day when I tidied up your 
room.” 

Let’s pose ourselves,” said Hazel, striking an 
attitude. ^H’d like to have Mother lean her head on 
Father’s shoulder—^this way,” leaning on Willie. 









How Father Doll Got Lost 


185 


you don’t/^ cried Willie; ^‘besides, that would 
put you sideways to the camera/’ 

^^And what of that?” retorted Hazel . 

^^Why, everybody’d see through you,” explained 
Willie. ^Wou’re so thin! Besides—don’t you know 
that paper dolls must look everything in the face?” 

^‘Say, Amy, I can’t find that camera,” called Tony 
down the stairs. Confound your tidying up!” 

^^Tony!” exclaimed Mother Doll. 

^^Whow! Whow-w!” cried Baby Doll. 

“The dear little thing knows it’s going to have it’s 
picture taken,” exclaimed Mother Doll, bouncing the 
baby up and down on her knee. 

“And it’s so glad to see its Dad!” said Father 
Doll, taking the baby in his arms. 

“If agreeable, I wish to recite a poem,” said Willie, 
“that I made up in honor of our little mistress; but 
since this is the day of our dear Father’s return it 
is a double honor.” 

“Begin,” cried all the dolls. 

Willie mys-ter-i-ousdy brought out his handkerchief, 
and carefully unfolding it, took out and held up a, 
paper-animal rat by the tail. 







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^‘Ou-chee!^^ shrieked the girls. 

^^Be quiet, will you?^^ said Willie. ^Ht canT hurt 
you while I hold it. Now, Idl begin- 

“This is the rat 
That ate the cake 

That lay in the house that Missy built.’’ 

Then, pulling a paper-animal cat from under the 
library table, and holding it in the other arm, facing 
the paper rat. 

This is the cat 
That killed the rat 
That ate the cake 

That lay in the house that Missy built.” 

“Excuse me,” said Willie going to the door. Then 
pulling paper-animal Shep in, he continued— 

This is the dog 
That worried the cat 
That killed the rat-” 









How Father Doll Got Lost 


187 


^^Bow-wow-wow!’’ barked Shep, and away scamp¬ 
ered the rat, and after it scampered the cat; and every¬ 
body laughed, and cried, ^^Good old Shep! Good boy!” 

Here’s the camera!” said Tony, coming into the 
room, ^^and here is Cinda, our cook. Ready all, for a 

snapshot of the happiest and most-” 

^^Scrum-bum-tious,” said Willie. 

Family in Playdom,” finished Tony, clicking the 
camera catch. 

This is the picture Tony Doll took of the Doll 
Family. 









CHAPTER XXIV 


The Sleigh 



“S’ 


tISTER, what do you say to this sleigh for 
Mrs. Doll?’^ asked Billy. 

^^Oh, the dear little thing!^’ cried Mary 
Frances, delighted. ^^Now, all the family will go 
sleighing, and—dear me! Billy, I do. believe they will 
be the proudest dolls that ever lived.’’ 

^^Ho, ho! dived’!” laughed Billy. 

^^Well, anyhow, Billy,” said Mary Frances, blush¬ 
ing, ^Hhe little sleigh is a darling. Where did you 
get it, may I ask?” 

That’s telling,” said Billy, very pleased with 
the praise. 

^^Let the wonderful dolls ride in ^Jingle Bells’ 
all they want to,” he said. 

^^Is that the name of the sleigh?” asked Mary 
Frances. 

^^Yes, I hope you like it. Wouldn’t you like me 
to make some snow for the illustrious Doll family’s 
pleasure?” 

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laughed Mary Frances, donT 
wonder you ask—they are the most indulged dolls/’ 
“But what about horses?” asked Billy. 

“I guess the dolls will have to get their own 
horses,” said Mary Frances. 


“. . . Our little Miss—” Mother Doll was saying, 
as Mary Frances slipped the sleigh in front of the 
door; but that is all she heard, although she listened 
several minutes. 

“I’ll come early in the morning,” she thought, as 
she went away. 





CHAPTER XXV 


Live White Horses 




I 


certain, my dear,^’ said Father Doll next 
morning as Mary Frances opened the play¬ 
room door. ^^I’m quite certain I saw two 
white mice that I can catch for horses. 

thought Mary Frances, Billy's pet mice. 
They are somewhere about the mantel. They got 
out of the cage a week ago." 

^‘Oh, forevermore! Most wonderful husband!" 
said Mother Doll. ^^To have a pair of horses in 
addition to all our other great blessings. It would 
be the very most marvelous!" 

Father Doll straightened himself up and answered 
proudly, We'll see to-night, my dear; and if I can 
catch those mice, what do you all say to a moonlight 
sleigh ride?" 

Then the paper doll children danced and shouted 
and hugged and kissed their father until the house 
nearly toppled; and they stopped only when the 
baby began to cry. 



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wonder/^ thought Mary Frances, do won¬ 
der what theydl do. Idl come watch to-night.’^) 


^‘Away we go!^^ cried Father Doll flourishing his 
whip. ^Hsn^t it grand, my dears—a sleigh ride, 
with white horses!’^ 

Beautiful white horses,^’ drawled Hazel. ^^Only, 
Father, I should think you^d be afraid they’d bite 
you.” 

^^One did nibble off my moustache on one side,” 
replied Father Doll, ^^but what of that, when you 
think of this moonlight sleigh ride! It can be painted 
on again.” 

^Ht’s lovely to-night!” cried Amy. ^^My, isn’t 
the air cold and delicious?” snapping her Angers 
to-gether to keep them warm. 

(Mother left the playroom window open this 
afternoon,” thought Mary Frances.) 

^^Bully!” cried Willie. ^^We are the-” but he 

stopped as Mother Doll glanced at him. 

All the dolls were in the sleigh; and away scam¬ 
pered the white-mice horses—away over Sandpile 
Village hills, away over Playroom Floor, away around 






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the sides of the room, and back again to Sandpile 
Village. 

William,^’ said Father Doll, as the sleigh pulled 
up before their play house, ^^you get out and hold 
the horses’ heads until everybody unloads.” 

^^Gee!” exclaimed Willie. ^^Say, Dad, I’m afraid 
the horses’ll bite!” 

^Here, you sharp-toothed white mouse, don’t you 
dare eat my mitten!” 

But the mouse had nibbled quite a hole off one 
finger already. 

^^An automobile for mine!” cried Willie, letting 
go of the little string bridle, whereat off scampered 
the frightened mice, snapping the traces, over- 
/turning the sleigh and upsetting the entire Doll 
family. 

When all had righted themselves they set the 
sleigh up on its runners and tried to find the mice 
horses, but they were nowhere to be found. 

^^Oh,” sobbed May Belle, ^^no more sleigh rides 
for this happy family!” 

^^Well, we have one to remember, anyhow,” said 
Tony, cheerfully. 




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193 


only we had an automobile, like the Frenches 
have!’' said Mother Doll. 


(^^Oh, how cute!” thought Mary Frances. ^H’ll 
hint to Billy to get one!”) 

^^Why, Mother!” said Father Doll, ^^it seems as 
though that w^ould be too great a luxury to add to 
all this.” 

^‘1 suppose so,” said Mother Doll; ^‘and, as the 
Frenches say, Hhe up-keep of a car is a very great 
expense.’ ” 

^^The keeping up of a sleigh was a great strain 
to-day!” exclaimed Willie, and everybody laughed. 

Suppose,” said Mother Doll, ^^just for the fun 
of it, suppose we were going to have an automobile. 
We’d all need automobile clothes—so let’s make some. 
Let’s make some.” 

(Oh, you funny, funny Mother Doll,” smiled 
Mary Frances to herself.) 

'^And now let’s get a good night’s rest.” 

(^^Well,” thought Mary Frances going very quietly 
away as the dolls entered their house. ^^Well, it will 
be fun to see what kind of automobile clothes the 
cunning little things make themselves. Of course 





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they wonT be able to do much, and 141 fix some for 
them to-morrow.) 





^^Oh, dearie!’^ sighed Mother Doll, however, will 
I make it fit if you keep jumping and bobbing around 
all the time?’^ 

She was holding a piece of newspaper up against 
Hazel. 

^^Well, Mother, I can’t very well stand still when 
you stick pins into me!”’ 

^‘How can I keep anything in place without pins?” 
asked Mother Doll, sticking a pin into Hazel’s neck to 
hold the paper coat in place. 

^^This coat is very pretty. Hazel—at a distance 
it might look like fur.” 

‘‘It mighty Hazel,” said Willie. “It might look 
like chinchilly, or it might look like ‘nearfur.’” 

“Willie,” exclaimed his mother, “don’t make 
fun, and do go into the kitchen and get a lead- 
knife to cut the collar. I can’t tear the edge 
straight.” 

“There,” she added, after trying to cut into the 
paper. “It isn’t very even, but it will do.” 




Live White Horses 


195 


can’t say I like the style of it exactly, Mother,” 
said Hazel, looking into the bureau glass. 

^Ht is very ^chic,’ ” said Willie, ^^but I can’t say 
I’d like one exactly on the same lines.” 

Mary Frances nearly laughed aloud. do 

wonder when they’ll find the clothes I put into the 
corner of the living room,” she thought. 

^^Oh, go ’long with you, Willie,” said his mother. 

have so much to do, and your father will be 
back from the store in a few minutes.” 

^^So long,” said Willie running down stairs, Noth¬ 
ing like being prepared for the best—an auto!” 

^‘Oh, I say!” he shouted, spying the dolls’ clothes. 
^‘Oh, come downstairs, 'you-all’s.’ ” 

‘‘Look at the glad rags! From our little Miss, 
I bet.” 

“William,” exclaimed Mother Doll, who came 
puffing down the stairs, followed by the family, “You 
will always use such extravagant expressions. But 
he’s right. I declare. Look, children. Come look 
at these lovely clothes.” 

“Oh, Miss Doll,” said Cinda, coming in, “ain’t 
dere one foh meh?” 






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''Don't seem to be 'heah/" said Tony sorting the 
pile and handing each piece to the right person. 
"Don't seem to be 'heah' at all." 

"Tony!" warned Mother Doll; then, to Cinda, 
"I do not see anything here for you, Cinda; but 
when we take you out in our automobile. I'll loan you 
my ulster." 

"Hear! Hear!" exclaimed the children, auto¬ 

mobile!" 

"What else could such beautiful clothes mean?" 
said Mother Doll, putting on her automobile bonnet. 

("Oh, you'll get an automobile,you dears!" softly 
whispered Mary Frances, "after I tell Father and 
Billy about your faith in your Miss. My, there 
comes Billy in the front door—and Father, too!" 
And away she ran.) 




CHAPTER XXVI 


The Automobile 


Father, Oh, Billy,” she exclaimed, kiss- 
I I ing them both, ^H^m so glad you're home! 

Mother is out calling and the dolls—^the 
paper dolls—^want—they want an automobile!” 

Swell's no name for those dolls. Father,” said 
Billy. “Why, they are The Millionaire Doll Babies!” 
he teased, pulling Mary Frances' hair. 

“Come,” said Father, “it is Saturday and I'm 
home early; so Billy boy, let's see what we can do 
for this young lady.” 

“What inake of car do you prefer, madam?” 
asked Billy, clearing his throat. “Now, the Packs- 
well is an excellent model. The carburetor, and the 
incinerator, and the incendiary-” 

“Oh, Billy, you tease!” laughed Mary Frances. 

“Or perhaps you'd like an Afford, or an Over- 
turne.” 

“I'd like a Father-and-Billy make,” laughed Mary 
Frances. 



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that’s the case, little daughter/’ said Father, 
^^your humble servants will try to grant your wish.” 

^^Oh, you—dear fairies!” said Mary Frances. 

“Now shut your eyes, little daughter,” said her 
father. “Don’t you peep!” commanded Billy, “and 
you needn’t open your mouth—^but you just stretch 
out your hand.” 

“Now, may I look?” Mary Francis opened her 
eyes. She was holding a little tin automobile in her 
hand. “Where did—how did you guess I’d want it so 
much?” she cried delightedly. “Oh, Father—oh, 
Billy—how?” 

“Can’t see why such dolls shouldn’t have every¬ 
thing going, can we Billy?” said Father, as Mary 
Francis ran with the new toy to the playroom. 

She placed a colored doll on the front seat for 
chauffeur, and set the automobile back of the house. 











CHAPTER XXVII 
A Spin in the Car 


^HEM! Ahem!^^ Willie Doll cleared his throat 
as he looked out of the window. 

^ ^ ^^A-hem—and ah-em-em!’^ he coughed. 

^^Oh, Alother, come here!’^ 

^^Oh, and ah! if there isn’t our car in front of the 
door!” 

Why, bless my eyes!” cried Mother Doll. Where 
are my glasses? Hazel, Amy, Willie, Tony, May 
Belle, here, find my glasses! I want to see if it is-’ 

^AVhat’s the matter. Mother?” cried the girls, 
running. ^^What do you want to see?” 

There are your ^specs’ on top of your head!” 
cried Willie. 

^^Oh, my goodness!” exclaimed Mother Doll, 
remember putting them there.” 

^^Why, that car must be ours,” she said, looking 
out of the door. ^^Now I can see what is printed 
on the side—^Dollsmobile.’ ” 

^Ht is ours! It is ours! And behold! and look! 

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The Mary Frances Housekeeper 



and see! and witness! And do my eyes deceive me? 
If there isn’t our colored chauffeur!” exclaimed Willie. 

^^Oh, I hope his name is Joms/’ cried May Belle. 
^Ht sounds so ^airish’ you know, to say, Moms.’ Oh, 
Father,” she added, as Mr. Doll came in, ^^Oh—look 
at that grand automobile and chauffeur!” 

“Why, yes, my dear wife and children, it is ours,” 
smiled Father Doll, “and we’ll go out immediately 
for a spin—if you say so.” 

“Say so! Say so!” cried the family. 

“To work! Let’s put on our automobile togs,” 
said Willie. 

May Belle was the first to get out the front 
door. 

“Joms, Joms,” she called, “Joms, bring the car a 
little nearer.” 

“Oh, my! hear the airs of ^milady,’ ” said Tony. 

The colored driver touched his cap and drove the 
machine up to the front door. 

“His name is Joms. His name is Joms,” May 
Belle hugged Amy in her joy. 

“Hope Cinda likes the name,” laughed Tony. 

“Allow me!” helping the ladies in. 













A Spin in the Car 


201 


Then the chauffeur cranked the machine, jumped 
in and away went the merry party. 


Where do you keep the cahr, sir?’^ asked Joms, 
^^and where do I stay at, sir?^’ 

^^Ahem! Ahem!’’ said Father Doll. ^^Ahem! I— 
we—that is—if there were a public garage. I’ll send 
you there, Joms, but as it is—as it is—Mother, as it 
is?” he turned to Mother Doll. 

“As it is, Joms,” said Mother Doll. 

“—is,” said Willie. 

^^As it is,” said Mother Doll, ^^just drive right 
into the rear door of—of the kitchen—and Joms, 
you can sleep in the car to-night!” 

(^'Oh, of all things!” laughed Mary Frances, ^^A 
garage you shall have! I wonder I didn’t think of 
it!”) 












CHAPTER XXVIII 


The Garage 



Billy, oh, they have no garage! They 
I I love the automobile. They are crazy about 
it, but they have to keep it in the kitchen!’’ 

^^Whew!” whistled Billy, ^Hhat won’t do.” 

^‘Say,” he added, ‘‘I guess we can work out plans 
for a garage ourselves, between us. We can use 
some boxes, I think.” 

^‘With one section for the sleigh, and one for 
the auto, and a sleeping room on the second floor 
for the colored chauffeur,” said Mary Frances. 

^^And a fence to enclose the whole yard, madam,” 
said Billy. 

^^Oh, Billy, that will be lovely!” exclaimed Mary 
Frances, well pleased. wish we had a few more 
trees.” 

They’re easy,” said Billy. ^H’ll make them 
now.” 


^^Good,” said Mary Frances, have some chick¬ 
ens, and a dog, and I do need a yard and trees.” 

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The Garage 


203 


^‘Here is a tree, madam,said Billy, presently, 
‘^Can you plant it?” 

^^Oh, how cute,” said the little girl. think 

I can.” 











CHAPTER XXIX 


Wishes Come True 



“A' 


MILLIONAIRE, diddle-diddle, 
as oft may hap, 

Fell ill one day, diddle-diddle, 
in Luxury’s lap; 

In Luxury’s lap, diddle-diddle. I’ll tell 
you why— 

He’d nothing left for which to sigh,” 


sang Willie Doll, looking out of the kitchen door 
the next morning, and spying the garage. 

He had gotten up very early, but not before the 
colored chauffeur, Joms. 

Morning, Joms,” he nodded, as though not in 
the least surprised. 

^^Good-morning, suh,” smiled Joms, wiping some 
dust off the sleigh. I was just wondering, suh, wherea¬ 
bouts I might get help to put away this sleigh, suh.” 

“Why, I’ll help,” said Willie, and together they 
ran the little sleigh into its garage. 

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Wishes Come True 


205 


^Wou need not bring the car out of the kitchen 
until the family are up, Joms,’’ said Willie, with a 
high and mighty air. 

That’s what I done tole him.” It was Cinda, 
looking ’round the corner of the garage. 

^‘Cinders!” exclaimed Willie—^^Why, what do you 
know" about it?” 

don’t know why you-all’s getting so high and 
airish all of a sudden. Mister Willie,” said Cinda, 
tears coming into her eyes. reckon I belongs to 
the little Miss, jest the same as you white dolls—and 
so—so does Joms.” 

With that Joms put his arm around Lucinda. 

C'Oh, the poor little things,” thought Mary 
Frances, laughing.) 

“Forevermore! So then!” 

Mother Doll was looking out of the bedroom 
window". 

“ Forever-and-ever-more!” she exclaimed again. At 
that, out of every window of the house popped a 
head. 

“Oh, look at our garage!” 

“Oh, look at our chauffeur!” 










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“Oh, look at our—our maid!’^ one after the other 
exclaimed. 

“I don't care/' cried Lucinda. “He's my brother 
I dun lost before I ever procured you-alls, and I'll 
kiss him if I wants to—so I will." 

(“Surely enough" thought Mary Frances, “both 
those colored dolls came in the same set, but I forgot 
to cut out Joms until we got the automobile.) 

“It's all right," said Father Doll, ^Tt's all right, 
Cinda and Joms." 

“Come, everybody, let's get Joms to crank the 
machine and all drive out into the garage. Cinda 
may sit with Joms in front." 

Everybody scrambled into the machine, even 
Mother Doll with the baby, and Joms started it off. 

“An excellent machine! An excellent machine!" 
exclaimed Father Doll, proudly. “And what a mag¬ 
nificent garage." 

Then suddenly Mother Doll began to cry and cry 
and cry. 

“Why, what-in-the-wide-wide-world-in-the-universe 
is the matter. Mother?" asked Tony. 

“Oh, oh," sobbed Mother Doll, “I am crying 








Wishes Come True 


207 


because everybody in the world canT have every¬ 
thing they want/^ 

(^^Good old Mother Doll/^ thought Mary Frances.) 

^^Let them have it/^ solemnly commanded Willie. 

“I thought you were crying because you couldnT 
think of anything more to wish for, Mother!’^ ex¬ 
claimed May Belle. 

Then Willie began to sing: 

millionaire, diddle-diddle, as oft may hap. 

Fell ill one day in Luxury’s lap. 

In Luxury’s lap, diddle-did-” 

^^Come, dear,” came Mary Frances’ mother’s 
voice. ^^Come, you must get back into bed; it isn’t 
time to get up yet.” 

^^Oh,” whispered Mary Frances, '^Mother, they 
were just running the auto into the garage.” 

^^They were, dear? Well, in the morning you can 
see them again.” 



But when Mary Frances went into the playroom 
later, the automobile was lying on its side near the 









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The Mary, Frances Housekeeper 



edge of the sand pile, and all the paper dolls were 
scattered here and there over the floor, and she found 
foot prints of little mice^s feet all over the sand pile, 
and out on the floor, Anally leading back of the mantel. 

^^Oh, I wonder if Mother’s interruption scared 
them all so they’ll never talk again before me,” thought 
the little girl. ^^Well, even if they don’t, they have 
their nice home and furniture and they can have 
their lovely times to themselves.” 








PART II 

THE KITCHEN GARDEN 


TRAINING THE LITTLE HOUSEKEEPER 








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CHAPTER XXX 


The Kitchen Garden Equipment 


^^TTT^S perfectly lovely for those paper dolls to 

I have such a delightful time keeping house, 
Mother; but I do wish sometimes that I could 
help them instead of just listening or looking on— 
in fact, I would like to give my bigger dollies lessons 
in housekeeping.’’ 

Mary Frances was curled up at her mother’s feet. 

'Ht’s a good idea, girlie,” smiled her mother, 
^^and, of course you can do it now—since Mother 
Paper Doll has told you and her children so much 
about every branch of housekeeping.” 

^‘1 believe I could. Mother dear—if you would 
help, for although she’s told a good deal, I don’t 

believe she began to give a complete-” 

Course in Kitchen Garden Methods,” finished 
her mother. ^^No, I do not think the course was 
complete, but we can have a really splendid time 
passing her wonderful little lessons on to the bigger 
dollies, and we can add to them.” 

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The Mary Frances Housekeeper 



Really, Mother? Oh, goody! Where do we 
begin? What is the first thing?’’ 

^^The first thing, I should think,” mused Mary 
Frances’ mother, taking a pencil and sheet of paper, 
“is—^let me see—^to prepare a list of housekeeping 
articles needed—^just the right size to suit your large 
dolls. Let us begin to make it now.” 

“Oh, Mother, what fun, shall I write?” 

“Yes, you have already a number of articles such 
as you will need, but we’ll write out a full list. It’s 
just possible that Billy can make you a few of those 
you do not have-” 

“Oh, I’ll be bankrupt indeed,” sighed Mary 
Frances, looking toward the little iron satchel bank 
on the mantel, “if I have to buy everything we will 
need.” 

“Well, the money will be spent in a good cause,” 
laughed her mother, “for almost everything worth while 
comes from the home, and if you learn to become a good 
home-maker, little girl, it will mean more pleasure 
and comfort and good for the world than—^but let us 
commence the list. You may write now as I call 
off the articles for— 







The Kitchen Garden Equipment 


213 


The Mary Frances Housekeeping Equipment 

Note. —The size of only the largest pieces of furniture in 
each set is suggested. Other furnishings should be in proportion 
to them. The kitchen cabinet should be about 30 inches high; 
the stove about 15 inches long; the dining table about 3 feet 
by 1| feet by 18 or 20 inches high; the bureau about 2| feet high; 
the bed 2J feet long. 


Kitchen 


Cabinet 

Dishes 

Table 

Bread Pan 

Stove 

Knives 

Ice Chest 

Coffee Pot 

Pastry Set 

Tea Kettle 

Frying Pan 

Strainer 

Measuring Cup 

Dipper 

Water Pail 

Grater 

Meat Grinder 

Spoons 

Potato Masher 

Dish Towels 

Colander 

Pans 

Funnel 

Forks 

Stewpan 

Egg Beater 

Toaster 

Wash Dish 

Dishpan 

Flour Scoop 

Face Towels 




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The Mary Frances Housekeeper 


Wash Bench 
Three Wash Tubs 
Wash Board 
Boiler 

Clothes Basket 
Ironing Board 


Laundry 

Clothespin Basket 
Clothespins 
Three Flatirons 
Clothes Horse 
Soap 


Dining Room 



Table 

Buffet 

Serving Table 

Tablecloth 

Doilies 

Napkins 

Glasses 

Glass Water Set 
Table Pad 

Crumb Brush and Tray 


Vinegar, Salt, Pepper Set 
Glass Sauce Dishes 
Dinner Set 
Knives 

Cups and Saucers 
Spoons 
Tray Cloth 
Forks 

Small Doilies 


Bureau 

Bedstead 

Mattress 

Wardrobe 

Washstand 


Bedroom 

Chairs 

Sewing Table 

Desk 

Clock 

Manicure Set 





The Kitchen Garden Equipment 


215 


Bedroom— Continued 


Hot Water Bottle 

Hand Mirror 

Laundry Bag 

Soap 

Cushions 

Washcloths 

Trunk 

Tabourette 

Rug 

Chamber Set 
Scarfs and Splashers 


Broom 
Dustpan 
Carpet Sweeper 


Wastebasket 

Table 

Sewing Box 
Pin Tray 
Screen 

Clothes Brush 
Comb 

Coat Hangers 
Towels 
Brush 
Suitcase 

General 

Dust Cloths 
Scrubbing Brush 













CHAPTER XXXI 


The Little Home Maker 



OOK, Mother, what a long list—^but, do you 

I know, I already have all the small things, I 
^ really believe, and a few of the large ones. 
I have a bedstead and mattress and a—oh, lots of 
things!^’ 

^^Mary Frances, dear, if you should try to 
name all the possessions of your various doll 
children, I fear you’d never, never finish to-night 
—so how about planning the Kitchen Garden 
lessons? 

^^Well, Mother, it^s all right to plan the les¬ 
sons, but how can those dolls really keep house 
right without a real house to keep?’^ asked Mary 
Frances. 

^^That is a problem, Mary Frances,^^ laughed her 
mother, ^^and I have been thinking about it myself. 
I imagine that some day Billy, with Father’s help, 
will make you a wonderful dolls’ house, perhaps almost 
too large for the playroom. 

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The Little Home Maker 


217 


joy!’^ cried the little girl. do wish it was 
ready now.^^ 

^Ht’s not at all necessary to have a dolls’ 
house for the dolls to take their housekeeping 
lessons—^if you mark out with chalk the various 
rooms on the play room floor, they will learn 
all the important lessons, and be that much 
more capable when they have a home of their 
own.” 

That’s a splendid way of looking at it. Mother 
dear—now what’s the first lesson?” 

Don’t you suppose the dolls remember what they 
overheard Mrs. Paper Doll teach her children about 
laying carpets and rugs? So wouldn’t it be well to 
teach them about getting ready for their first meal? 
It’s like moving into a new house. The first they 
think about is a place to eat, the second a place to 
sleep.” 

^^Yes, yes, and the dolls will be hungry as soon as 
they see the pretty table and chairs. 

^^Now I think you would better begin to write, 
for I’m going to consider you the dolls’ teacher 
in— 









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Kitchen Garden Methods of Housekeeping 
(Home Making) 

This course covers two years’ work with one lesson a week. 

1. Table Setting 

2. Table Serving 

3. Washing Dishes 

4. Bed Making 

5. Weekly Changing of Bed 

6. Making an Invahd’s Bed 

7. Washing Clothes 

8. Sprinkling Clothes 

9. Ironing Clothes 

10. Mending and Putting Away Clothes 


For Second Year’s Work, see next chapter 







CHAPTER XXXII 


Advanced Lessons 


JW Y, but that^s a big undertaking, Mary 
\/| Frances, child. If it were a real Kitchen 
^ ^ Garden, the outline already given would 
make the first yearns work, with lessons once a week.^’ 
“Heigho, Mother, how we speed, as Cinda would 
say. Here we are at— 

The Second Year’s Work 

1. General Cleaning 

2. The Guest Room 

3. Polishing Silver 

4. The Invalid’s Tray 

5. Table Decoration for Special Occasions 



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CHAPTER XXXIII 


Setting the Table 



“N 


'OW, Mother, since that outline is so elab¬ 
orate- 

^We^ll have to proceed further, and 
enlarge on these wonderful lessons in Kitchen Garden 
methods for the dollies,^’ finished Mary Frances’ 
mother. 

^^Why, that is exactly what I wanted!” ex¬ 
claimed the delighted little girl. Mother dear, 
shall I write out a book on housekeeping just 
as you wrote out one on cooking for me? How 
I always loved that book—^The Mary Frances Cook 
Book!” 

^‘Yes, dear—^let us call this the Mary Frances 
Housekeeper—^Lessons in Kitchen Garden Methods of 
Training the Little House Maker.” 

That’s some title, as Billy would say,” said Mary 
Frances, writing. 

^^You already have made the outline, so your book 
is indexed in a w^ay—now I’ll begin to explain the 
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Setting the Table 


221 


lessons. I will talk with you as though you were the 
teacher. 

^^Oh, I always wanted to be a teacher!’’ Mary 
Frances nearly upset the workstand at her side. And 
now I’m going to be one years and years before I 
dared to hope for it to come true.” 

“In the first place,” explained her mother, “a 
good teacher tries to make the children learn easily 
and happily—so every lesson should be made as 
attractive and pretty as possible. Let us suppose in 
making out these play lessons that the new dolls’ 
house is furnished with the various articles we have 
listed; that the kitchen stands in readiness for use— 
and the dining room has its delightful furniture spread 
about in place.” 

“Oh, I know! I know!” 

“Do you? I guess you do, Mary Frances, the 
lesson will be on— 



Table Setting 

Place on the table: 

1. The silence cloth (pad). 

2. Table cloth—the fold in middle of table. 

3. Fern or flowers. 











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4. Plate for ‘‘father’s’’ place at head of table. 

5. Plate for “mother’s” place opposite. 

6. Plate for child’s place. 

7. Plate for guest’s place opposite. 



At each place lay: 

1. Spoon and knife at right, with sharp edge in. 

2. Fork at left, with tines up. 

3. Napkins at the right, next the knife. 

4. Glass just at point of knife. 

5. Butter patty or bread-and-butter plate at left above tines 

of fork. 

6. Place pepper and salt shakers on diagonally opposite sides 

of table, so that every two persons may use one set. 

Place relishes, like pickles, olives, jelly on table. 

Have two plates of bread on table. 

Bring drinking water and butter just before serving the 
meal. 

Mother, I was just wild to interrupt to tell 
you this. Fonsey Doll will be father; and Angie, 
mother; and Mary Marie, the little girl; and Lady 
Gay, the guest. Oh, won’t the lessons be fun!” 

think they will, dear,” smiled her mother. 
^^When the dolls—I mean children—set the table, 
teach them this little song: 












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Happy work is just like play; 

First the cloth on smooth and straight, 
Then for every place a plate. 

Knife and fork and spoon and dish. 
For the bread and meat and fish. 

Glass and napkin in its ring— 

Let us not forget a thing. 










































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Ring for dinner, supper, tea. 
Whatever meal it is to be. 
Gladly we the table lay. 
Happy work is just like play/^ 









CHAPTER XXXIV 


Waiting on Table 


THAT joy those children of mine will have 
serving painted meat and fish/^ Mary 
* Frances laughed, ^^when they hear that 
pretty little song! Have you a song for waiting on 
table, Mother?’^ 

^^Oh, no, little girl, a waitress should be so per¬ 
fectly quiet at her work that I do not think youdl 
need a song with this lesson/^ 

^^And Mother Paper Doll has already given such 
good rules to Lucinda that I do not need many more, 
I guess. Mother—that is, if I can remember them all.” 

^^Well, suppose I give you a few rules of my own,” 
laughed Mary Frances^ mother. ^^And a few hints 
too, for teaching your children by Kitchen Garden 
Methods—a lesson on— 



Serving 


Seat four children at the table at the four places already set. 
Have one child in white apron and cap act as waitress. 

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Rules for Waitress: 

1. Always be as quiet as possible. 

2. See that the table is perfectly laid. 

3. Stand at right of each chair in placing dishes. 

4. When removing 4ishes stand at left of each chair. 

5. Pass serving dish at left. 



Bkeakfast 

Waitress: 

1. Place dish in center of table, or fruit at each place. 

2. After removing fruit, bring cereal in individual dishes, or 

pass each plate, as mother serves. 

3. Set omelet or meat platter before father. 

4. Place coffee pot at right of mother. 

5. Pass cream, sugar and toast. Refill water glasses. 

V, Dinner 

Waitress: 

1. Pass soup in individual dishes, or as mother serves. 

2. Remove plates. 

3. Place platter of meat, and vegetable dishes in front of 

father. Pass plates. Remove plates. 

4. Pass salad as mother serves. Remove plates. “Crumb 

table. 

5. Bring dessert. Pass plates as mother serves. 

Imncheon, supper and tea are not usually served in courses. 

Set table very much as for breakfast. Bread, butter, cake and 
preserves are placed on table when set. 










CHAPTER XXXV 


Washing Dishes 

O F course, after we have set the table, served 
and eaten the food, the next lesson in order, 
said Mary Frances’ mother, ^‘is— 


Washing the Dishes 


Station the children on each side of the kitchen table. Let 
one wash, and two wipe dishes. Put cooking dishes to soak. 

Order of Work: 

1. Scrape and pile. 4. Wipe. 

2. Wash. 5. Put away. 

3. Drain. 6. Rinse towels and pans. 

1. Scrape and pile dishes; put away remnants of food in 
refrigerator; or, in winter, in the open air, if possible. 

2. Wash dishes in soapy water; first glass (always put glass 
into water sidewise to prevent cracking), then silver, cups and 
saucers, china, and cooking utensils. Rinse all in hot water. 

3. Drain—if possible in a wire dish drain. 

4. Wipe and put dishes away. 

5. Rinse towels. Wipe table. Rinse dish cloths. 

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Slip them in the soapy water— 
Helping mother, little daughter. 


Rinse the dishes^ shining faces. 
Drain and wipe and put in places. 
Give the cooking pans no quarter— 
Mother’s helpful little daughter. 

















































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Why, the dishes are ^most done; 
Seems as though you’d just begun— 
Mother’s helpful little daughter, 
Mother’s own friend, little daughter. 






CHAPTER XXXVI 


Care and Making of Beds 

t I AHE next lesson will be one which will prepare 
I a place for the family to sleep, Mary Frances.’^ 
^^Oh, Mother, it all makes me wish, 
wish, wish these dolls had a 'really truly^ house just 
like the paper dolls have/’ 

"Patience, little girl, patience. All these lessons 
may just lead to your getting your wish for your dolls— 
for I just imagine even a boy would like to help carry 

out these delightful lessons-” 

"Oh, wouldn’t it be lovely if Billy Avould make 
me a dolls’ house! Well, Mother, shall we write the 
next lesson? I do want to have the dolls prepared— 
if they should be surprised with a house the way 
the Paper Doll Family was.” 

"All right, little girl—^now ready for the lesson on— 

The Care and Making of Beds 

Gather the children around the bedstead, and explain to 
them that fresh air and sunlight are the first aids to the house- 
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keeper—they kill germs, destroy odors, and make fresh and health¬ 
ful surroundings wherever they are called in for assistance. 

Order of Work: 

1. Remove and air bed clothing. 

2. Turn mattress. 

3. Place pad over mattress. 

4. Place sheets. 

5. Covers. 

6. Counterpane. 

7. Pillows. 

Open Windows: 

1. Remove and air bed clothing for a half hour, spread it in 
the sunshine, if possible. When airing bed and bedding, open 
closet doors. 

2. After bedding is aired, make bed. 

3. Stretch a pad or heavy covering over the mattress. 

4. Place the sheets with wide hem to head of bed, under one 
with right side up, upper one with right side down, or two right 
sides of sheets facing each other. This keeps a clean side of the 
sheets next the pad and covers. 

5. Place blankets and quilt. Turn upper sheet over the top. 
Tuck foot and sides in under mattress. 

6. Spread counterpane. 

7. Place pillows, tucking all extra fullness of the case under¬ 
neath. 











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Changing of Bed: 

1. In order to save laundry work, many housekeepers change 
only one sheet on a bed at the end of the week. It is better to 
change both sheets weekly. If only one is changed, let it be the 
under one; then use the upper sheet in its place, and use the 
clean sheet in the upper place. 

2. In changing pillow cases, hold pillow under chin instead 
of in mouth. 












CHAPTER XXXVII 


Making Invalid’s Bed 

TE will have to pretend one of your dollies 
is ill in this next lesson, dear, or how can 
the children learn about— 

Making an Invalid’s Bed 

1. Undress doll and put on her nightgown. Do this by first 
unbottoning all the doll’s cothing and slipping the nightgown over 
her head. Then remove the clothing from underneath the gown. 
This keeps the sick doll from taking cold, and is a very modest 
way to undress. 

2. Put doll to bed, and cover carefully. Before starting to 
change a sick person’s bed, be certain you have everything ready. 

3. Remove counterpane and quilt. 

4. On side of bed not in use, roll back the soiled under sheet 
lengthwise until they nearly touch the patient. Turn patient on 
side with back toward the rolled sheet. Change pillow case on 
unused side of bed. 

5. Now roll or fold flat one half lengthwise of the clean under 
sheet. 

6. If patient is able, she may turn to her other side, which 
will carry her over the folded sheets. If unable to do this, lift 
her over them. 


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7. Remove soiled sheet and spread the clean sheet in place. 

8. The upper sheet should be removed and replaced in much 
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will not be exposed to cold. 

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Turn over mattress, spread under-sheet. 

Then the upper—make right sides meet. 

Blankets so downy, now on the bed. 

Next comes the comfy, then comes the spread; 
Now place the pillows, then take a peep, 

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CHAPTER XXXVIII 


Washing Clothes 



TOW, what will be the next thing for those 
children to learn?^’ asked Mary Frances' 
^ ^ mother. 

^'Why, let me see." Mary Frances looked over 
the last lesson. 

^^Oh, I know! They have all the soiled clothes to 
wash." 

Right, thoughtful little teacher. Yes, the next 
lesson will be on— 


Washing Clothes 

Have three girls stand at the wash bench, ready to use tubs. 
Have another make the starch. 

In the kitchen or laundry spread on the wash bench three 
tubs. Into one put the washboard, on which place a little cake of 
soap. 

Have ready: clothes stick, boiler, basket, clothespins, 
clothes line, dipper, pail, sauce pan and spoon for making 
starch, washing powder (a little sample cartoon), bluing, 
borax. 


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Order of Work: 

1. Sorting clothes. 

2. Preparing tubs and water. 

3. Putting clothes to soak. 

4. Washing and boiling. 

5. Rinsing and bluing. 

6. Making starch. 

7. Starching. 

8. Hanging on line. 

9. Putting away utensils. 


1. Separate white clothes from colored. 

2. Prepare a tub two-thirds full of very warm soap sudsy 
water. A tub of very hot rinsing water. A tub of bluing water. 
Pour bluing into clear water until water looks blue in the 
hand. 

3. Put the white clothes into the water. Rub any very soiled 
spots with soap. 

4. Wash clothes, rubbing them gently on board, using the 
softest part of the palm of the hand—not the closed hand which 
injures the knuckles. Wring out clothes. Many housekeepers next 
put the clothes into a boiler of cold water, letting them come slowly 
“toa^boil” over the fire, but with the recent improvements in soaps, 
this seems unnecessary work, and in all housekeeping, lessening 
labor is a most important matter. So, if the clothes are not to 
be boiled, wring out, and rinse in second tub. Into this tub throw 
a tablespoonful of borax. 







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5. Rinse clothes up and down in this tub; wring them out, and 
rinse them in the tub of bluing water. Wring out. Set aside 
clothes to be starched. Throw others into basket. 

6. To make— 


Boiled Starch 



Have ready a pint of boiling water. Place one tablespoon 
of starch in sauce pan. Moisten starch with one-fourth cup cold 
water. Pour over the starch one cup of boiling water, stirring all 
the time. To prevent the starch from sticking, stir about in it the 
end of a wax candle, or drop into it a half teaspoonful of lard. A 
piece of borax the size of a pea helps whiten the goods, and 
prevents sticking. 

7. Pour half the starch in a large pan, cool by adding a little 
cold water. Dip into starch the articles to be made very stiff; 
wring out; then starch those which require less stiffness. Add 
more starch as the starch water becomes too thin. Wash, rinse, 
starch colored clothes. 

8. Stretch line tight on clothes posts. Hang large pieces 
first. Hang clothing of same kind side by side. Hang skirts by 
bottom, waists by bottom. Hang fine pieces, like doilies and 
handkerchiefs over the sheet. 

9. Wipe out tubs. Wash and dry starch utensils. Put away 
all articles used, and “tidy’^ the room. 






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Song of the Tubs 


Quich JANE EAYRE FRYER 



Rub-a-dub-dub, 

Rub-a-dub-dub, 

See the pretty maids at the tub; 

Clothes coarse, clothes fine. 

Soon will be hung on the white clothes line. 

Rub-a-dub-dub, 

Rub-a-dub-dub, 

Hear the pretty song of the tub; 

Clothes grow like snow. 

Soon they will dry in the winds that blow.^^ 













































CHAPTER XXXIX 


Sprinkling and Ironing Clothes 

T he next lesson was very delightful to Mary 
Frances, for she could imagine the lovely 
clean and beautifully ironed clothes, ready for 
her doll family’s use. The lesson was on 



Sprinkling Clothes 

1. Spread a clean cloth or paper on the table. 

2. Sprinkle clothes with a whisk dipped into water every 
now and then, or use patent sprinkler. 

3. Fold neatly and roll in tight bundle that the water may 
dampen every corner. Napkins, towels and other small pieces 
should be kept in bundles by themselves. 

Ironing Clothes 


1. Have an ironing board covered with a folded blanket, 
then clean sheeting. 

2. Have ready stand and holders; beeswax and cloth, for 
cleaning irons. Clothes rack. 

1. Clean irons with wax, and cloth. Test their heat on some 
inferior piece of clothing. 

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2. Iron flat pieces first; if dolly’s skirt is to be ironed, put it 
over the board. 

3. Iron lace on right side, embroider}^ on wrong side. It is 
well to iron embroidered articles over a folded turkish towel. 

4. Hang clothes on rack to dry. 


Ironing Day 


JANE EAYRE FRYER 




Wrinkles, wrinkles go away, 

This is busy ironing day— 
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Rumpled, tumbled, wrinkley clothes. 
Can’t withstand the hot iron’s nose. 
Every tumbled rumple goes. 

Wrinkles, wrinkles go away. 

After work there’s always play. 

When we’re dressed all clean and gay” 






CHAPTER XL 


Mending and Putting Away Clothes 


course, Mother, the very next thing for the 
I I dolls—I mean the children—to do is to put 
the clothes away in their places/^ Mary 
Frances held her pencil ready to write out the next 
lesson. 

^AVithout mending?’’ 

Mary Frances laughed and acknowledged she had 
forgotten. 

Her mother went on, ^^The next lesson, then, is 
on— 


Mending and Putting Away Clothes 

1. When ironing clothes, put aside all pieces which show a 
tear or worn place which needs mending. If buttons or hooks 
and eyes are missing, the clothes should not be put away before 
they are sewed in place. 

2. Sort and arrange the ironed clothes in neat piles. All 
articles that are alike should be kept in separate piles—all tea- 
towels together, all napkins, all handkerchiefs. 

3. All clothing should then be put carefully in place. 

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If she is not very neat; 

Buttons off and clothing torn, 

Worse by far than mended worn. 

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Speed the needles, coarse and fine, 

A stitch in time saves nine-times-nine. 

Good housewives, so weVe heard say, 
Never put the clothes away 
Without mending; darning too. 

Every stocking for each shoe.— Cho. 

It doesn’t take so very long. 

If our needle’s plied with song. 

Happy is our Sewing Bee— 

Good housewives we are, you see.— Cho. 












CHAPTER XLI 


General Cleaning 



X "X THY, here we are at the end of the first 
year’s work,” laughed Mary Frances. 

^ * guess my doll children will have to learn 
very rapidly and finish the two years’ work in a few 
months—^for I’m sure I do not want to wait after next 
summer for my new dolls’ house.” 

^^They might do the second year’s work after they 
move in,” suggested the mother. 

^^Oh, I didn’t think! Of course they can, yet they 
don’t know about cleaning or sweeping, and the first 
thing you learn to do to a new house is to clean and 
sweep, isn’t it, mother?” 

Why, yes, dear, so suppose we call our next lesson— 


General Cleaning 

The children will need brooms, sweepers, dusters, whisk- 
broom, soap and cloths. 

Let them begin by cleaning the room most easily done—the 
bedroom. 

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Outline of Work: 

1. Dust and cover small articles. 

2. Dust and remove smaller articles of furniture. 

3. Shake small rugs. 

4. Sweep. 

5. Dust. 

6. Wipe sills and floors. 

7. Replace furniture and articles. 

1. Dust and cover the small articles to keep them from harm. 
This is done also because there would be much more dust upon 
them after sweeping. A “dustless” duster is really excellent, 
for it keeps the dust from flying. 

2. Dust chairs and foot-stools and the small articles of 
furniture and remove to another room, for like reason. 

3. Shake small rugs. 

4. The windows should be opened while sweeping is done if 
the wind does not blow through the room. Sweep in the direction 
of the carpet “pile.” Make two or more places for collection of 
dirt, rather than sweep it across the room. 

5. Let the dust settle, and thoroughly dust the room, beginning 
at the highest part of the walls first. A broom cap of outing flannel 
is excellent for dusting walls. 

6. AVipe window sills with damp cloth—or scrub, if necessary. 
Wash mirrors and windows at this time. 

7. Replace furniture which was set in another room 











CHAPTER XLII 


The Guest Room 



I AH AT lesson will teach the children how to 
I get the new house ready for their use, 

^ Mother. My, I^m glad!^^ 

^^Yes, it seems to me,^^ replied Mary Frances^ 
mother, ^Hhey ought now begin to think about other 
people, so IVe arranged in my mind some suggestions 
for teaching them about— 

The Guest Room 

1. Let one doll be the guest. Let her get ready to go away. 

2. Pack her suitcase with everything needed for over night 
in case her trunk arrives late. Put in comb, brush, tooth-brush, 
towel, wash cloth, rubbers. 

3. Pack her trunk. Put in all her clothes, ribbons, handker¬ 
chiefs, slippers, stockings and jewelry. 

4. Dress doll for traveling—in a neat suit or long coat, and a 
hat without plumes. In her satchel put her purse, handkerchief, 
railroad ticket. 

5. Place in bedroom articles for the comfort of the guest; 
as, sewing stand with thread and needles, writing table with pen 

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and paper and envelopes, and combing towel. Line the empty 
bureau drawers with clean paper. Make up the bed in most 
attractive style. 

6. Let the guest arrive, and have her suitcase and trunk 
brought in. Let the other dolls make her very welcome, and take 
her to her room. They may offer to help her unpack and put 
away her clothes. If she prefers not; they must not insist. 

7. When the guest leaves, the room should be in perfect order. 
Should the guest be so rude as to leave an untidy room, the dolls 
will be very busy for a long time straightening it out, and will not 
wish her to visit them again. 

8. A guest should always write, thanking the hostess for her 
hospitality. 

^^My, I hope my doll-guest won’t be rude!” thought 
Mary Frances. 












CHAPTER XLIII 


Polishing Silver—^Invalid's Tray 


^^TT seems to me,” said Mary Frances’ mother, 
I “those children ought to learn next— 


How TO Polish Silver 



1. Dampen cloth, rub the polish on the silver. 

2. With a tooth brush, brush out the filigree or crevices. 

3. Let dry. Rub polish off with soft dry cloth and dry tooth 
brush. 

4. Wash in soapy water. Rinse, dry. 

“There is another matter, Mary Frances dear, I 
meant to speak of—^it would be well to have the children 
learn what you know so well—^how to make attractive 
the— 


Invalid’s Tray 


1. Snow white cloth on a tray large enough not to crowd the 
dishes. 

2. Dainty china—plate, cup and saucer. Little teapot to 
hold coffee or tea or cocoa. It will interest the invalid to pour out 
these beverages. Glass dishes for desert. 

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3. An excellent device to keep tray from resting on invalid’s 
knees, is a small grocery box with the bottom and lower sides 
knocked out. It will slip over the limbs of the patient when the 
tray is placed upon it, it will be at a most comfortable height. 

Speaking of tables—it might be pleasant for your dolls to 
give a party on special days or occasions and decorate the dining¬ 
room and the table appropriately; for instance. Table Decorations 
for Washington’s Birthday: Decorate with tiny flags and hatchets. 
Let the dolls sing “America.” 

Easter: Decorate with tiny rabbits and eggs, and chickens, 
and flowers. 








CHAPTER XLIV 
The Days of the Week. 


JANE EAYRE FRYER 



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And hangs them on the line, 

And when they’re dry she brings them in— 
Soon, if the day is fine. 


Tuesday’s child sprinkles the clothes, 

And rolls them all up tight. 

And irons them out when dampened through. 
Which makes them look just right. 











































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Wednesday's child sweeps all upstairs, 
Perhaps, too, then she bakes; 

And Thursday’s child the silver shines 
Before the air she takes. 


Friday’s child both sweeps and cleans. 

And never thinks to shirk; 

But Saturday’s child is the busy one, 

For baking is her work. 

Sunday’s child is a happy child. 

As off to church she goes; 

Her house is clean from cellar up. 

Herself from head to toes. 

“That is my favorite of the songs. Mother,” said 
Mary Frances, “and I shall make it a great honor 
for my doll children to learn to sing that one—it will 
be their graduation song.” 

“They will be beautifully trained by the time they 
sing that song, dear,” smiled her mother. 
























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